Social learning and climate change adaptation: Evidence for international development practice

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 509-522

  Ensor, Jonathan ^a   Harvey, Blane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COLLECTIVE LEARNING; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SHARED DECISION MAKINGS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SOCIAL DIFFERENCES; TOOLS AND METHODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84939652194     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.348     Document Type: Article

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