Deliberative assessment in complex socioecological systems: Recommendations for environmental assessment in drylands

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 465-483

  Whitfield, Stephen ^a   Geist, Helmut J ^a,b   Ioris, Antonio A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Sustainable International Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Desertification; Integrated assessment; Local ecological knowledge; Participation

Indexed keywords

DELIBERATION; DESERTIFICATION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTEGRATION; SLOW LIGHT;

RATING;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 82455212113     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1933-x     Document Type: Article

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