Participatory scenarios to explore local adaptation to global change in biosphere reserves: Experiences from Bolivia and Mexico

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 398-408

  Ruiz Mallén, Isabel ^a,b   Corbera, Esteve ^a,c   Calvo Boyero, Diana ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Governance; Latin America; Participatory scenarios; Protected areas; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BOLIVIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MEXICO; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84939604403     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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