Constraining and enabling factors to using long-term climate information in decision-making

Climate Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 551-572

  Jones, Lindsey ^a   Champalle, Clara ^b   Chesterman, Sabrina ^c   Cramer, Laura ^d   Crane, Todd A ^e  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

climate adaptation; climate information; climate services; decision making; long term planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FLOOD CONTROL; INFORMATION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84976872202     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1191008     Document Type: Article

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