Identifying legal, ecological and governance obstacles, and opportunities for adapting to climate change

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2338-2356

  Cosens, Barbara ^a   Gunderson, Lance ^b   Allen, Craig ^c   Benson, Melinda Harm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Ecological resilience; Social ecological system; Sustainability; Water law

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899145112     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6042338     Document Type: Review

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