Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1685-1700

  Brown, Iain ^a   Martin Ortega, Julia ^b   Waylen, Kerry ^a   Blackstock, Kirsty ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based adaptation; Latin America; Scenarios; Social learning; Socio ecological systems; Triple loop learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952646829     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0898-7     Document Type: Article

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