'Learning by doing': Adaptive planning as a strategy to address uncertainty in planning

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 543-559

  Kato, Sadahisa ^a   Ahern, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Adaptive planning; Monitoring; Transdisciplinarity; Uncertainty; Water resource planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 47649106487     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560802117028     Document Type: Article

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