A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mees, Heleen L P ^a   Dijk, Justin ^b   van Soest, Daan ^c   Driessen, Peter P J ^a   van Rijswick, Marleen H F M W ^d   Runhaar, Hens ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Local governance; Method; Policy instrument selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 84903688933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06639-190258     Document Type: Article

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