The regional governance of climate adaptation: A framework for developing legitimate, effective, and resilient governance arrangements

Climate Law

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-179

  Termeer, Catrien ^a   Dewulf, Art ^a   Van Rijswick, Helena ^b   Van Buuren, Arwin ^c   Huitema, Dave ^d   Meijerink, Sander ^e   Rayner, Tim ^f   Wiering, Mark ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85142716698     PISSN: 18786553     EISSN: 18786561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/cl-2011-032     Document Type: Article

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