Local government response to the impacts of climate change: An evaluation of local climate adaptation plans

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Baker, Ingrid ^a   Peterson, Ann ^a   Brown, Greg ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Local government; Plan evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE IMPACTS; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PLAN EVALUATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84863866265     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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