Scenario method and stakeholder engagement: Critical reflections on a climate change scenarios case study

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Cairns, George ^a   Ahmed, Iftekhar ^a   Mullett, Jane ^a   Wright, George ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Contingent factors; Planning; Policy; Scenario method; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION RESPONSE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COLLABORATIVE SPACES; COLLEGE STUDENTS; CONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTINGENT FACTORS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; FOLLOW UP; POLICY FORMATION; PRIVATE SECTORS; SCENARIO APPROACH; SCENARIO METHOD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SHORT TERM; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; STUDENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84868200648     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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