Participatory assessment of adaptation strategies to flood risk in the Upper Brahmaputra and Danube river basins

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1163-1174

  Ceccato, Lucia ^a,b   Giannini, Valentina ^a,c   Giupponi, Carlo ^a,c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Decision support system; Flood risk; Integrated water resource management; Multi criteria decision analysis; Participatory process

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 82655182004     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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