Values, rules and knowledge: Adaptation as change in the decision context

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-69

  Gorddard, Russell ^a   Colloff, Matthew J ^a   Wise, Russell M ^a   Ware, Dan ^b   Dunlop, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Co evolution; Decision context; Decision system; Global change; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84949984801     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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