Adaptation decision-making in the Nordic countries: assessing the potential for joint action

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 600-611

  Juhola, S ^a,f   Goodsite, M E ^b   Davis, M ^c   Klein, R J T ^d,g   Davidsdottir B ^e   Atlason, R ^e   Landauer, M ^f,j   Linner B O ^g   Neset, T S ^g   Glaas, E ^g   Eskeland, G ^h   Gammelgaard Ballantyne, A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Climate change; National policy; Strategy; Sustainability; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; JOINT IMPLEMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84912531424     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-014-9524-3     Document Type: Article

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