Societal vulnerability to climate change and variability

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 267-281

  Handmer, J W ^a   Dovers, S ^b   Downing, T E ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Institutional capacity; Resilience; Societal adaptation; Uncertainty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033507494     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009611621048     Document Type: Article

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