Resilience in practice: The 2006 drought in Southeast England

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-316

  Chappells, Heather ^a   Medd, Will ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought; Resilience; Scale; Sociotechnical systems; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874320663     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.618177     Document Type: Article

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