Scenario praxis for systemic governance: A critical framework

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 623-640

  Ison, Ray ^a,b,c   Grant, Andrea ^a   Bawden, Richard ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Systemic Development Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutions; Learning systems; Practice contexts; Scenarioing; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEURISTICS; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEARNING;

EID: 84905982948     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c11327     Document Type: Article

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