Assessing the 'usability' of climate change research for decision-making: A case study of the Canadian International Polar Year

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1317-1326

  Ford, James D ^a   Knight, Maggie ^a   Pearce, Tristan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canada; Climate change; Decision making; Indicators; International Polar Year; Knowledge user; Usable science

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; PROJECT DESIGN; RESEARCH;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 84886716849     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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