Integrated modelling and scenario building for the nicobar islands in the aftermath of the tsunami

Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis

Volumn 9780203123195, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-189

  Wildenberg, Martin ^a   Singh, Simron Jit ^b  

^a Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Social Ecology Vienna   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906844404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203123195     Document Type: Chapter

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