Institutional dynamics and climate change adaptation in South Africa

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1323-1339

  Koch, Ingrid Christine ^a   Vogel, Coleen ^a   Patel, Zarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Institutional networks; Perceptions of adaptation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548580954     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-006-9054-5     Document Type: Article

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