Adaptive capacity determinants in developed states: Examples from the Nordic countries and Russia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-592

  Keskitalo, E Carina H ^a   Dannevig, Halvor ^b   Hovelsrud, Grete K ^b   West, Jennifer J ^b   Swartling, Åsa Gerger ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Community vulnerability; Finland; Nordic countries; Norway; Russia; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051919209     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0182-9     Document Type: Review

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