The neglect of governance in forest sector vulnerability assessments: Structural-functionalism and "Black Box" problems in climate change adaptation planning

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wellstead, Adam M ^a   Howlett, Michael ^b,c   Rayner, Jeremy ^d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forestry; Governance; Structural functionxsalism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84884919216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05685-180323     Document Type: Article

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