Victim pressure, institutional inertia and climate change adaptation: The case of flood risk

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-197

  Harries, Tim ^a   Penning Rowsell, Edmund ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Engineering discourse; Environmental risk; Flooding; Institutional inertia; Public consultation; Victim pressure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOODING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751702098     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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