Engaging science and managing scientific uncertainty in urban climate adaptation planning

Successful Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Science and Policy in a Rapidly Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 220-234

  Carmin, JoAnn ^a   Dodman, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921271392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203593882     Document Type: Chapter

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