Drought and the future of rural communities: Opportunities and challenges for climate change adaptation in regional Victoria, Australia

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1307-1316

  Kiem, Anthony S ^a   Austin, Emma K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Climate change adaptation; Disconnect; Drought; Uncertainty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODING; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886730080     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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