Implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions at the local government levels in Tanzania: Where do we start?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-41

  Shemdoe, Riziki ^a   Kassenga, Gabriel ^b   Mbuligwe, Stephen ^b  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b Ministry of Communication Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITIGATION; POLICY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRAINING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84921483105     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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