Vulnerability to multiple stressors in coastal communities: a study of the Andaman coast of Thailand

Climate and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-141

  Bennett, Nathan James ^a,b   Dearden, Philip ^b   Peredo, Ana María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; coastal communities; exposure; multiple stressors; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927577801     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2014.886993     Document Type: Article

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