Involve to improve: A participatory approach for a Decision Support System for coastal climate change impacts assessment. The North Adriatic case

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-111

  Santoro, Francesca ^a,c   Tonino, Marco ^a   Torresan, Silvia ^a,b   Critto, Andrea ^a,b   Marcomini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

ADRIATIC; CASE-STUDIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; END-USERS; INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC INSTITUTION; RISK-BASED; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84876484268     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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