Adaptation Pathways and Real Options Analysis: An approach to deep uncertainty in climate change adaptation policies

Policy and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-150

  Buurman, Joost ^a   Babovic, Vladan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptation Pathways; Adaptive Policy Making; Climate change adaptation; Real Options Analysis; Uncertainty; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969921534     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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