A tale of two policies: The politics of climate forecasting and drought relief in Ceará, Brazil

Policy Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-123

  Lemos, Maria Carmen De Mello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0041416153     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024893532329     Document Type: Article

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