Planning for climate change in urban areas: From theory to practice

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-81

  Wamsler, Christine ^a   Brink, Ebba ^a   Rivera, Claudia ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Disaster; Risk reduction; Urban planning; Urban resilience; Urban transformation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; LIFE CYCLE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ADAPTATION; KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; POST-DISASTER RESPONSE; RISK REDUCTIONS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RESILIENCE; URBAN TRANSFORMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84879981036     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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