Using expert elicitation to define successful adaptation to climate change

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 810-819

  Doria, Miguel de França ^a   Boyd, Emily ^b   Tompkins, Emma L ^c   Adger, W Neil ^d  

^a UNESCO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Expert elicitation; Successful adaptation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELPHI STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70350536968     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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