Does South Africa's water law and policy allow for climate change adaptation?

Climate and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-144

  Stuart Hill, Sabine I ^a   Schulze, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; South africa; Vulnerability; Water management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY REFORM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857751793     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2010.0035     Document Type: Article

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