Combining backcasting and exploratory scenarios to develop robust water strategies in face of uncertain futures

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-74

  van Vliet, Mathijs ^a   Kok, Kasper ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Exploratory scenarios; Participation; Policy development; Robust strategies; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918514740     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9479-6     Document Type: Article

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