Limits to autonomous adaptation in response to coastal erosion in Kosrae, Micronesia

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-432

  Monnereau, Iris ^a   Abraham, Simpson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b PACC Office   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal erosion; Kosrae; Limits to adaptation; Loss and damage; Micronesia; Pacific Ocean; SIDS; Slow onset changes; Small island developing states; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892168461     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2013.057283     Document Type: Article

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