A history of futures: A review of scenario use in water policy studies in the Netherlands

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 19-20, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-120

  Haasnoot, M ^a,b,c   Middelkoop, H ^b  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Scenarios; The Netherlands; Uncertainty; Water management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAW; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEASON; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84860607930     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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