Global change in local places: How scale matters

Climatic Change

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 601-628

  Wilbanks, Thomas J ^a   Kates, Robert W ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0032741097     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005418924748     Document Type: Article

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