Biesbroek, G.; Termeer, Catrien; Klostermann, Judith; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 7, pp. 1011-1032
Barriers to adaptation have become an important concept in scientific and political discussions in the governance of … strategies proposed. Drawing from recent governance literature, we explore the rationale of three dominant philosophies in the … study of governance: the optimist, the realist, and the pessimist philosophy. Next, we demonstrate how these philosophies …