Beyond generic adaptive capacity: Exploring the adaptation space of the water supply and wastewater sector of the Stockholm region, Sweden

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 707-721

  Rudberg, Peter M ^a   Wallgren, Oskar ^a   Swartling, Åsa Gerger ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION PROCESS; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RULES AND REGULATIONS; STOCKHOLM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; WASTEWATER; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84865831925     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0453-1     Document Type: Article

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