Mitigation and adaptation in polycentric systems: sources of power in the pursuit of collective goals

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Morrison, Tiffany H ^a   Adger, W Neil ^b   Brown, Katrina ^b   Lemos, Maria Carmen ^c   Huitema, Dave ^d,e   Hughes, Terry P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; COLLECTIVE GOALS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MULTIPLE ACTORS; MULTIPLE SCALE; RESEARCH CHALLENGES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 85021446586     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.479     Document Type: Review

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