Mental preparation for climate adaptation: The role of cognition and culture in enhancing adaptive capacity of water management in Kiribati

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-669

  Kuruppu, Natasha ^a   Liverman, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Perceptions; Small islands; Subjective adaptive capacity; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS;

KIRIBATI;

EID: 79956272811     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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