Climate and narrative: Environmental knowledge in everyday life

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-70

  Lejano, Raul P ^a   Tavares Reager, Joana ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Narrative; Traditional ecological knowledge; Ways of knowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NARRATIVE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84877019961     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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