Perceptions of climate change: Linking local and global perceptions through a cultural knowledge approach

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-531

  Crona, Beatrice ^a   Wutich, Amber ^b   Brewis, Alexandra ^b   Gartin, Meredith ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE APPROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; GENERALIZED THEORY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84879189176     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0708-5     Document Type: Article

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