Climate change adaptation and EIA studies in Kenya

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-165

  Kamau, Julius W ^a   Mwaura, Francis ^b  

^a Embassy of Sweden   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic development projects; Environmental impact assessment studies; Kenya

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

KENYA;

EID: 84878235749     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691311327569     Document Type: Article

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