Evaluating Effective Public Participation in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights From Northern Ghana Through a User-Based Approach

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-143

  Samaddar, Subhajyoti ^a   Yokomatsu, Muneta ^b   Dayour, Frederick ^c   Oteng Ababio, Martin ^d   Dzivenu, Togbiga ^c   Adams, Mujeeb ^e   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e Centre for Society and Climate Change Affairs   (Ghana)

Author keywords

climate change; disaster; evaluation; Ghana; public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007239223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12075     Document Type: Article

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