Community-based adaptation: Lessons from a grant competition

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-163

  Heltberg, Rasmus ^a   Gitay, Habiba ^a   Prabhu, Radhika G ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; community based adaptation; resilience; stakeholder participation; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84860740841     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.582344     Document Type: Article

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