Three horizons: A pathways practice for transformation

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sharpe, Bill ^a   Hodgson, Anthony ^a,b   Leicester, Graham ^a   Lyon, Andrew ^a   Fazey, Ioan ^b  

^a International Futures Forum   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation pathways; Climate change; Scenarios; Transformation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84976538708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08388-210247     Document Type: Article

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