Bhutan: Modeling and adaptation in the eastern Himalayas

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-158

  Meenawat, Harsha ^a   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^b  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Bhutan; Disaster risk reduction; Glacial lake outburst floods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886634413     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000011014     Document Type: Article

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