Local knowledge and climate change adaptation on erub Island, torres strait

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 887-901

  McNamara, Karen Elizabeth ^a,b   Westoby, Ross ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Capacity; Climate change; Torres strait; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FUTURE PROSPECT; LOCAL PLANNING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

EID: 84855729553     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.615304     Document Type: Article

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