Climate change impacts on Namibia's natural resources and economy

Climate Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-466

  Reid, Hannah ^a   Sahlén, Linda ^b   Stage, Jesper ^c   MacGregor, James ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Economics; Employment; Environmental impact; Mainstreaming; Namibia; Natural resources; Poverty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 54749139286     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2008.0521     Document Type: Article

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