Decision-making under uncertainty for water sustainability and urban climate change adaptation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14761-14784

  Larson, Kelli L ^a   White, Dave D ^a   Gober, Patricia ^a   Wutich, Amber ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Boundary organizations; Climate change; Social learning; Sustainability science; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; WATER RESOURCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949515527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71114761     Document Type: Article

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