Perceptions of urban forestry stakeholders about climate change adaptation - A Q-method application in Serbia

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1079-1087

  Živojinović, Ivana ^a   Wolfslehner, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Q methodology; South East Europe; Stakeholder awareness; Urban forests; Western Balkans

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN FORESTRY; VULNERABILITY;

BALKANS; BELGRADE; SERBIA;

EID: 84951817601     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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