Opening new institutional spaces for grappling with uncertainty: A constructivist perspective

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-154

  Duncan, Ronlyn ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaborative knowledge making; Narrative analysis; Predictive simulation modeling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE-MAKING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; POLICY DECISIONS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; PROJECT IMPACT; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867550888     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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