What influences innovation adoption by water managers? Climate information use in Brazil and the United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1388-1396

  Lemos, Maria Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forecasting; Climate variability change; Public participation; Water management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS; CLIMATE FORECASTING; CLIMATE INFORMATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION TOOLS; INNOVATION ADOPTIONS; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNS; MAKING PROCESSES; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGERS; WATER POLICY;

MANAGERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449109727     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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