Capacities across scales: Local to national adaptation policy in four European countries

Climate Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1071-1085

  Westerhoff, Lisa ^a   Keskitalo, E Carina H ^a   Juhola, Sirkku ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Europe; Governance; Multi scale; Planned adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

FINLAND; ITALY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959923523     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.579258     Document Type: Article

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