Adaptation and the poor: Development, resilience and transition

Climate Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-182

  Jerneck, Anne ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Development; Insurance; Poverty alleviation; Resilience; Transition theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 43449084072     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2007.0434     Document Type: Article

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