Adaptive capacity: From assessment to action in coastal social-ecological systems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Whitney, Charlotte K ^a   Bennett, Nathan J ^b,c,d   Ban, Natalie C ^a   Allison, Edward H ^b   Armitage, Derek ^e   Blythe, Jessica L ^f,g   Burt, Jenn M ^h,i   Cheung, William ^c   Finkbeiner, Elena M ^d   Kaplan Hallam, Maery ^c   Perry, Ian ^j   Turner, Nancy J ^a   Yumagulova, Lilia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g WorldFish   (Canada)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ HAKAI INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Coastal communities; Resilience; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85021797781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-09325-220222     Document Type: Article

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