Integrating climate change adaptation into Dutch local policies and the role of contextual factors

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-460

  van den Berg, Maya ^a   Coenen, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(horizontal) policy integration; climate change adaptation; climate policy; local government; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84862080024     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.678313     Document Type: Article

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