Policy misfits, climate change and cross-scale vulnerability in coastal Africa: how development projects undermine resilience

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-497

  Bunce, Matthew ^a   Brown, Katrina ^a   Rosendo, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Africa; Development policy; Marine Protected Areas; Resilience; River basins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL CHANGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955429405     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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