Integrating adaptive governance and participatory multicriteria methods: A framework for climate adaptation governance

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Munaretto, Stefania ^a   Siciliano, Giuseppina ^b   Turvani, Margherita E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Decision making tools; Experimentation; Learning; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84903691112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06381-190274     Document Type: Article

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