Climate change represents a complex set of challenges, in part because it is marked by risks that are not easily observed and identified ? risks that humans have significant difficulty estimating. A large body of research has shown that the construction of human risk perception is a complex, multi-faceted process. Determining viable mitigation and adaptation strategies toward climate change risks therefore necessitates models that appropriately reflect human knowledge systems and learning proces

First Author: Wals, Arjen E.J.; Corcoran, Peter Blaze
Attributed to:  Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy funded by ESRC

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Learning for Sustainability in Times of Accelerating Change (2012)

Page Reference: 329-346

ISBN: 9789086862030