Climate change vulnerability: Planning challenges for small islands

Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 94-104

  Kizos, Thanasis ^a   Spilanis, Ioannis ^a   Mehmood, Abid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877584415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770156     Document Type: Chapter

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