Local knowledge and adaptation to climate change in natural resource-based societies of the Asia-Pacific

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1057-1076

  Lebel, Louis ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Experience; Knowledge systems; Learning; Resilience; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INFRASTRUCTURE; RESILIENCE; SEASON; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84883746316     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9407-1     Document Type: Review

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