The new state of nature: Rising sea-levels, climate justice, and community-based adaptation in papua new guinea (2003-2011)

Conservation and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-157

  Lipset, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate justice; community based adaptation; Papua New Guinea; resettlement discourse; rising sea levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883190457     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.115726     Document Type: Article

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