Hearing local voices from Small Island Developing states for climate change

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 605-619

  Kelman, Ilan ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Justice; Local voices; Small Island developing states (sids)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955866852     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.498812     Document Type: Article

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