A Values-Based Approach to Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change. Applying Q methodology in the Ebro Delta, Spain

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 405-422

  Albizua, Amaia ^a,b   Zografos, Christos ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation policy; Climate change; Ebro Delta; Q methodology; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919834722     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1658     Document Type: Article

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