Adaptation and pathways of change and response: A case study from Eastern Europe

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 351-367

  Câmpeanu, Claudia N ^a   Fazey, Ioan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation pathways; Assets; Ethnicity; Romania; Subsistence farming; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; VULNERABILITY;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84922431057     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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