Climate change and hazardscape of Sri Lanka

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2396-2416

  Yamane, Akiko ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; RESOURCE USE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 70350542820     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41213     Document Type: Article

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