Institutional challenges of adopting ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 487-499

  Lukasiewicz, Anna ^a   Pittock, Jamie ^b   Finlayson, Max ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Australia; Catchment management; Governance institutions; Natural resource management; River basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961387203     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0765-6     Document Type: Article

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