Narratives can motivate environmental action: The whiskey creek ocean acidification story

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-599

  Kelly, Ryan P ^a,b   Cooley, Sarah R ^c   Klinger, Terrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental decision making; Human dimensions; Marine policy; Narratives; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARINE POLICY; OCEAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84906260870     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0442-2     Document Type: Review

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