Improving climate change adaptation in least developed Asia

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-125

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   D'Agostino, Anthony Louis ^b,d   Rawlani, Amireeta ^c   Meenawat, Harsha ^b  

^a VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Asia; Least developed countries; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; CAMBODIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICITY; GOVERNMENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALDIVES; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 84861831217     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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