Climate change adaptation and sustainable regional development: A case study for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 523-542

  Reyer, Christopher ^a   Bachinger, Johann ^b   Bloch, Ralf ^b,c   Hattermann, Fred F ^a   Ibisch, Pierre L ^c   Kreft, Stefan ^c   Lasch, Petra ^a   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a,d   Nowicki, Christoph ^c   Spathelf, Peter ^c   Stock, Manfred ^a   Welp, Martin ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brandenburg; Climate change; Social ecological systems; Sustainable regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865421687     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0269-y     Document Type: Article

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