Facilitating climate change adaptation through communication: Insights from the development of a visualization tool

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-61

  Glaas, Erik ^a   Gammelgaard Ballantyne, Anne ^a,b   Neset, Tina Simone ^a   Linnér, Björn Ola ^a   Navarra, Carlo ^a   Johansson, Jimmy ^a   Opach, Tomasz ^c   Rød, Jan Ketil ^c   Goodsite, Michael E ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Climate change vulnerability; Communication barriers; Homeowners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937789945     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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