Community Adaptation to Climate Change: Environmental Planners' Knowledge and Experiences in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-137

  Picketts, Ian M ^a   Curry, John ^a   Rapaport, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; British Columbia; Climate change; community; impacts; knowledge; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861961170     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.659847     Document Type: Article

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