Adaptation to climate trends: Lessons from the Argentine experience

Climate Change and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 296-314

  Barros, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 84925749528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770750     Document Type: Chapter

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