Can adaptive comanagement help to address the challenges of climate change adaptation?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Plummer, Ryan ^a,b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Adaptive comanagement; Adaptive responses; Climate change adaptation; Environmental governance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 84891872790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05699-180402     Document Type: Article

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