Social equity considerations in the implementation of caribbean climate change adaptation policies

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-383

  Dulal, Hari B ^a   Shah, Kalim U ^b   Ahmad, Nilufar ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Caribbean; Climate change; Social equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866377501     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1030363     Document Type: Article

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