Climate change adaptation strategies in the Mekong and Orange-Senqu basins: What determines the state-of-play?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-659

  Kranz, Nicole ^a,b   Menniken, Timo ^c   Hinkel, Jochen ^d,e  

^a ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c Mekong River Commission   (Laos)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e European Climate Forum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Mekong; Orange Senqu; Regime effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GOVERNMENT; HYDROLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78349309165     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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