Institutional adaptation to climate change: Flood responses at the municipal level in Norway

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-138

  Næss, Lars Otto ^a   Bang, Guri ^a   Eriksen, Siri ^a   Vevatne, Jonas ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Floods; Institutions; Norway

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 18144366983     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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