Climate change and Ontario forests: Prospects for building institutional adaptive capacity

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 513-536

  Brown, H Carolyn Peach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Canada; Climate change; Forest sector; Institutions; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; MITIGATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 70349985935     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-009-9183-8     Document Type: Article

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