Synchronising climate adaptation processes in a multilevel governance setting: Exploring synchronisation of governance levels in the Dutch Delta

Policy and Politics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 579-596

  Verkerk, Jitske ^a   Teisman, Geert ^a   Van Buuren, Arwin ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Complex governance systems; Multilevel governance; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PLANNING THEORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84949634917     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X655909     Document Type: Article

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