The appropriation of the climate change problem among road managers: Fighting in the trenches of the real world

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 427-440

  Ryghaug, Marianne ^a   Solli, Jøran ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE SCIENCE; EXTREME WEATHER; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; USER DEMANDS;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRENCH;

EID: 84865831658     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0449-x     Document Type: Article

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