Facilitating cross-sectoral assessments of local climate change vulnerability

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-189

  Glaas, Erik ^a   Jonsson, Anna C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

boundary object; climate change; cross sectoral planning; joint knowledge production; stakeholder participation; vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84907288836     PISSN: 19463138     EISSN: 19463146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2014.931858     Document Type: Article

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