Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures

Climate Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-352

  Eriksen, Siri H ^a   O’BRIEN, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Capacity building; Climate change; Developing countries; Governance; Kenya; Poverty; Risk reduction; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549131498     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2007.9685660     Document Type: Article

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