Guiding climate change adaptation within vulnerable natural resource management systems

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1127-1141

  Bardsley, Douglas K ^a   Sweeney, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Mediterranean climate; Natural resource management; Regional communities; Regional planning; Social learning; South Australia

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTION PLAN; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL LEARNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WIND EROSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DESERT CLIMATE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952882718     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9487-1     Document Type: Review

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