The interfaces of public and private adaptation: Lessons from flooding in the Deerfield River Watershed

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-55

  Milman, Anita ^a   Warner, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Flooding; Governance; Private adaptation; Property rights; Public adaptation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOPHYSICS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

DEERFIELD BASIN; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949660557     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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