More than information: what coastal managers need to plan for climate change

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-328

  Tribbia, John ^a   Moser, Susanne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary organization; Climate change; Coastal impacts; Coastal zone management; Information needs; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149101478     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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