The oldman river dam conflict: Adaptation and institutional learning

Prairie Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-260

  Rojas, Alejandro ^a   Magzul, Lorenzo ^a   Marchildon, Gregory P ^a   Reyes, Bernardo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LEARNING; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OLDMAN BASIN;

EID: 70350158718     PISSN: 03176282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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