Equity matters: Introducing the capabilities approach in adaptation to climate change in river basins in ghana and peru

Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Resources Management: Capacity, Equity and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 243-263

  Douma, Annelieke ^c   Hirsch, Danielle ^c   Kinney, Ken ^a   Lasage, Ralph ^b  

^a Adenta SSNITS Flats   (Ghana)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 84902158598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203085875-25     Document Type: Chapter

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