Reconciling national and global priorities in adaptation to climate change: With an illustration from Uganda

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-159

  Bwango, Apuuli ^a   Wright, J ^b   Elias, C ^c   Burton, I ^d  

^a Meteorology Department   (Uganda)

^b Min of Fin and Economic Planning   (Uganda)

^c WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Economic development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; NATIONAL ADAPTATION STRATEGY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STABILIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 0343049154     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006330507790     Document Type: Article

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