Making climate change visible: A critical role for landscape professionals

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-105

  Sheppard, Stephen R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Climate change; Climate change perceptions; Community engagement; Ethics; Landscape messaging; Landscape professionals; Landscape visualization; Visioning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL ASPECTS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; CHANGE PERCEPTIONS; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE MESSAGING; LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; VISIONING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ETHICS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LITERACY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84944043887     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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