Adapting across boundaries: Climate change, social learning, and resilience in the U.S.-Mexico border region

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 917-928

  Wilder, Margaret ^a   Scott, Christopher A ^a   Pablos, Nicolás Pineda ^b   Varady, Robert G ^a   Garfin, Gregg M ^a   McEvoy, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b El Colegio de Sonora   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; U.s. mexico border; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BORDER REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LEARNING; MONSOON; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; URBANIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956789101     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500235     Document Type: Article

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