Pathology and failure in the design and implementation of adaptive management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1379-1384

  Allen, Craig R ^a   Gunderson, Lance H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inference; Management; Resilience; Resource management; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATHOLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79952071212     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.063     Document Type: Article

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