Systematic review of methods in low-consensus fields: Supporting commensuration through 'construct-centered methods aggregation' in the case of climate change vulnerability research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Delaney, Aogán ^a   Tamás, Peter A ^a   Crane, Todd A ^b   Chesterman, Sabrina ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84960540629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149071     Document Type: Review

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