Adaptive climate change governance for urban resilience

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1234-1264

  Boyd, Emily ^a   Juhola, Sirkku ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

climate change; governance; resilience; transitions; urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925625361     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014527483     Document Type: Article

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