Small island developing states: Coastal systems, global change and sustainability

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-326

  Hay, John E ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global change; Resilience; Risk; Small islands; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879784311     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0214-8     Document Type: Article

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