Introduction to the CAVIAR project and framework

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-22

  Smit, Barry ^a   Hovelsrud, Grete K ^b   Wandel, Johanna ^c   Andrachuk, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Community based; Framework; Interdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863965055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9174-1_1     Document Type: Editorial

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