Towards enhancing adaptive capacity for climate change response in south east queensland

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Timothy F ^a   Lynam, Timothy ^b   Preston, Benjamin L ^b   Matthews, Julie ^a   Carter, R ^a   Thomsen, Dana C ^a   Carter, Jennifer ^a   Roiko, Anne ^a   Simpson, Rodney ^a   Waterman, Peter ^a   Bussey, Marcus ^a   Keys, Noni ^a   Stephenson, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; South East Queensland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956398713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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