Natural resource manager perceptions of agency performance on climate change

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-189

  Lemieux, Christopher J ^a,b   Thompson, Jessica L ^c   Dawson, Jackie ^d   Schuster, Rudy M ^e  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Governance; Land management; Managers; Organizational performance; Perceptions; Regional management; Resource management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; GOVERNANCE; IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERCEPTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871776809     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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