Opening and closing the future: Climate change, adaptation, and scenario planning

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 587-602

  Rickards, Lauren ^a   Ison, Ray ^b   Fünfgeld, Hartmut ^c   Wiseman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Governance; Scenario planning; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905989097     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c3204ed     Document Type: Editorial

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