Different perceptions of adaptation to climate change: A mental model approach applied to the evidence from expert interviews

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-228

  Otto Banaszak, Ilona ^a   Matczak, Piotr ^b   Wesseler, Justus ^c   Wechsung, Frank ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Mental models; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958036106     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0144-2     Document Type: Article

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