The determinants of vulnerability and adaptive capacity at the municipal level: Evidence from floodplain management programs in the United States

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-493

  Posey, John ^a  

^a East West Gateway Council of Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Cities; Climate change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349771753     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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