Making a difference on the ground: The challenge of demonstrating the effectiveness of decision support

Climatic Change

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Moser, Susanne ^a,b  

^a Susanne Moser Research and Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN PROCESS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GROWING DEMAND; POLICY MAKERS; RESOURCE MANAGERS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67651151085     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9539-1     Document Type: Article

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