Five Areas of Value Judgement in Local Adaptation to Climate Change

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 671-687

  Björnberg, Karin Edvardsson ^a   Hansson, Sven Ove ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; climate change; discounting; distributive justice; goal conflicts; procedural justice; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; WARMING;

EID: 84858313710     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.623159     Document Type: Article

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