Constraints on community engagement with Great Barrier Reef climate change reduction and mitigation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 894-905

  Sutton, Stephen G ^a   Tobin, Renae C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community engagement; Constraints; Great barrier reef

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER REEF; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MITIGATION; PROBABILITY; STAKEHOLDER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79960030668     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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