Perceptions of environmental change in Moorea, French Polynesia: the importance of temporal, spatial, and scalar contexts

GeoJournal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 705-719

  Walker, Barbara Louise Endemaño ^a   López Carr, David ^a   Chen, Cheryl ^a   Currier, Kitty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Moorea; Pacific Islands; Political ecology; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK PERCEPTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS; MOOREA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLITICAL ECOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

EID: 84911994827     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: 15729893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9548-8     Document Type: Article

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