QUICKScan as a quick and participatory methodology for problem identification and scoping in policy processes

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-61

  Verweij, Peter ^a   Janssen, Sander ^a   Braat, Leon ^a   van Eupen, Michiel ^a   Pérez Soba, Marta ^a   Winograd, Manuel ^a   de Winter, Wim ^a   Cormont, Anouk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental policy; Impact assessment; Participatory; Spatial planning; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; QUICKSCAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84982166045     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.07.010     Document Type: Article

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