Social vulnerability to climate change in primary producers: A typology approach

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-93

  Marshall, N A ^a   Stokes, C J ^a   Webb, N P ^b   Marshall, P A ^c   Lankester, A J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Barriers to change; Climate impacts; Climate sensitivity; Resource dependency; Social resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894206696     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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