Community-based adaptation: A review of past and future challenges

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Forsyth, Tim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; COMMUNITY-BASED; FUTURE CHALLENGES; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL-ADAPTIVE; LOCALIST APPROACH; POLICY PROCESS; SPATIAL SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84882287524     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.231     Document Type: Article

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