A typology of dairy farmer perceptions towards climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 507-522

  Barnes, Andrew P ^a   Toma, Luiza ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FARMER PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SCOTLAND; VALUE STATEMENTS; WIN-WIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TYPOLOGY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859218654     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0226-2     Document Type: Article

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