Toward a new conceptualization of household adaptive capacity to climate change: Applying a risk governance lens

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Elrick Barr, Carmen E ^a   Preston, Benjamin L ^b   Thomsen, Dana C ^a   Smith, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Household; Multi scale

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84924364146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06745-190412     Document Type: Article

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