World Heritage hot spots: A global model identifies the 16 natural heritage properties on the World Heritage List most at risk from climate change

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-441

  Perry, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Vulnerability; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864728246     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2011.568064     Document Type: Article

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