Characterising resilience: Unpacking the concept for tackling climate change and development

Climate and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-65

  Bahadur, Aditya V ^a   Ibrahim, Maggie ^b   Tanner, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b World Vision   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate resilient development; disaster risk reduction; resilience; socio ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84880937766     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2012.762334     Document Type: Review

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