Application of structured decision making to an assessment of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options for sustainable forest management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ogden, Aynslie E ^a   Innes, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Impacts; Structured decision making; Sustainable forest management; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 68149091028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02771-140111     Document Type: Article

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