Building community, credibility and knowledge: the third US National Climate Assessment

Climatic Change

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-22

  Jacobs, Katharine L ^a   Buizer, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; BUILDING COMMUNITY; CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; CO-PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE; DECISION PROCESS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING; ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975760207     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1445-8     Document Type: Article

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