Does individual responsibility increase the adaptive capacity of society? The case of local water management in the Netherlands

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-22

  Bergsma, Emmy ^a   Gupta, Joyeeta ^a   Jong, Pieter ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Individual; Institutions

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; CASE STUDY APPROACH; INDIVIDUAL; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL CONTEXT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NETHERLANDS; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84862886550     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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