Out of the Comfort Zone: Institutional Context and the Scope for Legitimate Climate Adaptation Policy

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-259

  Tennekes, Joost ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^b   van Rijswick, Helena F M W ^c   van Bree, Leendert ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation policy; governance; institutional context; legitimacy; national adaptation strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902479221     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.836961     Document Type: Article

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