Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-55

  McCubbin, Sandra ^a   Smit, Barry ^a   Pearce, Tristan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Multiple stressors; Pacific; Small islands; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

FUNAFUTI; PACIFIC ISLANDS; TUVALU;

EID: 84919684519     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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