The role of local knowledge in adaptation to climate change

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Naess, Lars Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

ADAPTATION NEEDS; ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; POWER RELATIONS; RECENT RESEARCHES; SEMI ARID; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; TANZANIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFORMAL SECTOR; POWER RELATIONS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84874292286     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.204     Document Type: Article

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