Freshwater management and climate change adaptation: Experiences from the central Yangtze in China

Climate and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-248

  Yu, Xiubo ^a   Jiang, Luguang ^a   Li, Lifeng ^b   Wang, Jinxin ^c   Wang, Limin ^d   Lei, Gang ^d   Pittock, Jamie ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WWF of China   (China)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Climate adaptation; Climate change; Freshwater management; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBANKMENT; FLOODPLAIN; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; HUBEI; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84862833313     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2009.0023     Document Type: Article

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