Frame divergence in climate change adaptation policy: Insights from australian local government planning

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 603-622

  Fünfgeld, Hartmut ^a   McEvoy, Darryn ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Complex policy issues; Frames; Local government; Organisational adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PLANNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84905973823     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1234     Document Type: Article

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