Climate change adaptation in the Alpine Shire of Australia: A decision process appraisal

Policy Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-127

  Tryhorn, Lee M ^a   Lynch, Amanda H ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Decision process; Extreme events; Policy sciences; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOODING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MITIGATION; POLICY STRATEGY; VULNERABILITY;

ALPINE SHIRE; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77952319352     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-009-9088-0     Document Type: Article

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