Moving beyond short-term coping and adaptation

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-111

  Wamsler, Christine ^a   Brink, Ebba ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive capacity; adaptive practice; climate change; community based risk reduction; coping strategies; resilience; urban transformation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84899658024     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247813516061     Document Type: Article

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