Climate adaptation from a poverty perspective

Climate Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-201

  O’BRIEN, Geoff ^a   O’KEEFE, Phil ^a,b   Meena, Hubert ^c   Rose, Joanne ^a,b   Wilson, Leanne ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETC UK   (United Kingdom)

^c The Centre for Energy Environment Science and Technology (CEEST Foundation)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coping mechanisms; Developing countries; Livelihoods; Poverty alleviation; Resilience; Rights based approach; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EXTREME EVENT; MICROECONOMICS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 43449101882     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2007.0430     Document Type: Article

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