Beyond the core: Community governance for climate-change adaptation in peripheral parts of Pacific Island Countries

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 221-235

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a   Aalbersberg, William ^b   Lata, Shalini ^a   Gwilliam, Marion ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c Ramsar Convention Secretariat   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Community governance; Pacific islands; Peripheral areas; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893702733     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0486-7     Document Type: Article

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