Effects of educational attainment on climate risk vulnerability

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Striessnig, Erich ^a,b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^a,b,c   Patt, Anthony G ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Education; Natural disasters; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COPING STRATEGY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84876751413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05252-180116     Document Type: Article

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