Climate change, vulnerability and adaptive capacity in a multi-use forest municipality in northern Sweden

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 285-311

  Keskitalo, E Carina H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Forestry; Multi use forest; Reindeer husbandry; Sweden; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051919016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9174-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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