Beyond adaptation: Resilience for business in light of climate change and weather extremes

Business and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-511

  Linnenluecke, Martina ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive cycle; Climate change; Extreme weather events; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955262865     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650310368814     Document Type: Article

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