Managing climate change vulnerabilities: Formal institutions and knowledge use as determinants of adaptive capacity at the local level in Sweden

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-539

  Glaas, Erik ^a   Jonsson, Anna ^a   Hjerpe, Mattias ^a   Andersson Sköld, Yvonne ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Local institutions; Municipality; Sweden; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VULNERABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77954262735     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.487525     Document Type: Article

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