Coastal climate hazards and urban planning: How planning responses can lead to maladaptation

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1035-1055

  Macintosh, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coastal climate hazards; Spatial adaptation planning; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUITY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883755821     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9406-2     Document Type: Article

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