Materialising energy and water resources in everyday practices: Insights for securing supply systems

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 754-763

  Strengers, Yolande ^a   Maller, Cecily ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Consumption; Materiality; Migration; Security; Social practices

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY RESOURCE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POLICY MAKING; SECURITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84865789172     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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