Multi-level climate adaptation policy and causation narratives

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-182

  Patt, Anthony ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Causation; Climate change adaptation; Narratives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84874836982     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2012.742967     Document Type: Article

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