Developing adaptive capacity to droughts: The rationality of locality

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Welsh, Lisa W ^a   Endter Wada, Joanna ^a   Downard, Rebekah ^a   Kettenring, Karin M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Drought; Social ecological systems (SES); Vulnerability; Water resources management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

BEAR BASIN; BEAR RIVER MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE; GREAT SALT LAKE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AVES;

EID: 84877329825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05484-180207     Document Type: Article

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