Vulnerability and adaptive response in the context of climate and climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 185-196

  Burton, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; VARIABILITY;

EID: 0030617189     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005334926618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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