Understanding urban vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in the context of climate change

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 646-662

  Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Tuts, Rafael ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b United Nations Centre for Human Settlements Nairobi   (Kenya)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; governance; resilience; UN Habitat; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84880841256     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.788479     Document Type: Article

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