Cities' capacity to manage climate vulnerability: Experiences from participatory vulnerability assessments in the lower Göta Älv Catchment, Sweden

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages 735-750

  Jonsson, Anna C ^a   Hjerpe, Mattias ^a   Andersson Sköld, Yvonne ^b   Glaas, Erik ^a   André, Karin ^a   Simonsson, Louise ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change vulnerability; integrated vulnerability assessment; participatory research; socio economic change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

GOTA VALLEY; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 84863974581     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.685880     Document Type: Article

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