Adaptive management; adaptive co-management; adaptive governance: what’s the difference?

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-46

  Hasselman, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

decision making; experiment; knowledge; Learning; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994831723     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2016.1251857     Document Type: Article

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