Regional challenges of climate change adaptation in Finland: Examining the ability to adapt in the absence of national level steering

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Juhola, Sirkku ^a   Haanpää, Simo ^a   Peltonen, Lasse ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; climate change adaptation; Finland; multi level governance; regional

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL POLICY;

FINLAND; PIRKANMAA; UUSIMAA;

EID: 84863952783     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.665860     Document Type: Article

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