Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: Contested spaces and emerging opportunities in development theory and practice

Climate and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-345

  Ireland, Philip ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Development; Disaster risk reduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84857744156     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2010.0053     Document Type: Review

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