The governance of adaptation to climate change and the need for actionable knowledge: The challenges of climate change adaptation and the promise of action research

Action Research for Climate Change Adaptation: Developing and Applying Knowledge for Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-18

  van Buuren, Arwin ^a   van Vliet, Mathijs ^b   Termeer, Catrien ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84974619743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315780368-9     Document Type: Chapter

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