Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific

Climate and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-327

  Gero, Anna ^a   Méheux, Kirstie ^a   Dominey Howes, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Disaster risk; Earth System Governance; Pacific

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FIJI; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAMOA;

EID: 84866872001     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2011.624791     Document Type: Article

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