Designing monitoring arrangements for collaborative learning about adaptation pathways

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-38

  Hermans, Leon M ^a   Haasnoot, Marjolijn ^a,b   ter Maat, Judith ^b   Kwakkel, Jan H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive delta management; Collaborative learning; Evaluation; Monitoring; Pathways

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONITORING; NETHERLANDS; PLANNING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85007044399     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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