Climate change and the resilient society: Utopia or realistic option for German regions?

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-101

  Frommer, Birte ^a  

^a INFRASTRUKTUR and UMWELT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up approach; Climate change; Participation; Regional adaptation strategies; Regional development; Resilience; Stakeholder networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE; STAKEHOLDER;

GERMANY;

EID: 79959199276     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9644-0     Document Type: Article

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