Transboundary adaptive management to reduce climate-change vulnerability in the western U.S.-Mexico border region

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-112

  Varady, Robert G ^a   Scott, Christopher A ^a   Wilder, Margaret ^a   Morehouse, Barbara ^a   Pablos, Nicolás Pineda ^b   Garfin, Gregg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Programa de Estudios Políticos y Gestión Pública   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate; Integrated assessment; Transboundary; U.S. Mexico border; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBOUNDARY ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871713644     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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