Sending the right bill to the right people: Climate change, environmental degradation, and social vulnerabilities in central Vietnam

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 250-262

  Bruun, Ole ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EQUITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84874120819     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00040.1     Document Type: Article

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