Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-292

  Smit, Barry ^a   Wandel, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Applications; Bottom up; Community; Implementation; Mainstreaming; Participatory; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 33746185501     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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