Doubt and the values of an ignorance-based world view for restoration: Coastal Louisiana wetlands

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1054-1068

  Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ignorance; Louisiana; Science; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; LAND USE; PATHOLOGY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449579270     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9214-4     Document Type: Article

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