Adaptation to climate change by organizations

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-106

  Berkhout, Frans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; ADAPTIVE MEASURES; CAPABILITY TO INNOVATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; ENDOGENOUS FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES; INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84856324448     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.154     Document Type: Article

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