The capacity of water governance to deal with the climate change adaptation challenge: Using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to distinguish between polycentric, fragmented and centralized regimes

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-154

  Pahl Wostl, Claudia ^a   Knieper, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change adaptation; Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis; Polycentric governance; Water governance systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER ECONOMICS;

EID: 84923250865     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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