The Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Tool: Enhancing Community-Based Planning for a Changing Climate

Coastal Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-393

  Wongbusarakum, Supin ^a   Gombos, Meghan ^b   Parker, Britt Anne A ^c   Courtney, Catherine A ^d   Atkinson, Scott ^e   Kostka, Willy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Sea Change Consulting   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^f Micronesia Conservation Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; community based planning; ecosystem based adaptation; multisectoral planning; socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

CHANGING CLIMATE; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH; COMMUNITY-BASED; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TOOL DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING METHOD; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL REGION;

CORAL TRIANGLE; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84940522402     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2015.1046805     Document Type: Article

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