Climate adaptation heuristics and the science/policy divide

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 467-497

  Preston, Benjamin L ^a   Mustelin, Johanna ^b   Maloney, Megan C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Cognitive reasoning; Heuristics; Science policy interface

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEURISTICS;

EID: 84922560670     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9503-x     Document Type: Article

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