Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-117

  Adger, W Neil ^a   Barnett, Jon ^b   Brown, Katrina ^a   Marshall, Nadine ^c   O'Brien, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873197731     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1666     Document Type: Review

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