The right to doubt: Climate-change scepticism and asserted rights to private property

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-569

  Lo, Alex Y ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate adaptation; climate scepticism; climate change ethics, coastal erosion; planned retreat; property rights

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84902806712     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2014.884310     Document Type: Article

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