Déjà vu or something new? The adaptation concept in the climate change literature

Geoforum

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-53

  Bassett, Thomas J ^a   Fogelman, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Natural hazards; Political economy; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84877319736     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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