Local and indigenous knowledge on climate-related hazards of coastal and small island communities in Southeast Asia

Climatic Change

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 35-56

  Hiwasaki, Lisa ^a   Luna, Emmanuel ^b   Syamsidik, ^c   Marçal, José Adriano ^d  

^a UNESCO Jakarta Office   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d School of General Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences National University of Timor Leste   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HAZARDS;

CELESTIAL BODIES; COMMUNITY RESILIENCES; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL MATERIALS; POLICY MAKERS; SMALL ISLAND; SOCIAL COHESION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; NATURAL HAZARD; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84916941903     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1288-8     Document Type: Article

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