A stitch in time: General lessons from specific cases

Climate Change and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-27

  Mataki, Melchior ^d   Medany, Mahmoud ^d   Mohsen, Mansour ^d   Nagy, Gustavo ^d   Njie, Momodou ^d   Nkomo, Jabavu ^d   Nyong, Anthony ^d   Osman Elasha, Balgis ^d   Sanjak, El Amin ^d   Seiler, Roberto ^d   Taylor, Michael ^d   Travasso, Maria ^d   von Maltitz, Graham ^d   Wandiga, Shem ^d   Wehbe, Mónica ^d  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d University of Toronto ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f World Agroforestry Centre   (Philippines)

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EID: 84925777258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770750     Document Type: Chapter

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