Think global, act local? The relevance of place attachments and place identities in a climate changed world

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Devine Wright, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Communication; Mitigation; Place attachment; Place identity; Scale

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 84872610112     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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