Looking backward to see forward: Historical changes of public knowledge about climate hazards in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-26

  Mitchell, James K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; decision making; diaries; disaster; exposure; flood; information; Irish Annals; letters; newspapers; storm; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; STORM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84857974566     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2011.615492     Document Type: Article

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