Actionable knowledge for environmental decision making: Broadening the usability of climate science

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 393-414

  Kirchhoff, Christine J ^a   Lemos, Maria Carmen ^a   Dessai, Suraje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

information usability; RISA; science policy model; UK Climate Program

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USABILITY; ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE; RISA; SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE; STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE; UK CLIMATE PROGRAM;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84887439250     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-022112-112828     Document Type: Article

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