The national and local politics of climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe

Climate and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-234

  Dodman, David ^a   Mitlin, Diana ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; governance; politics; transformation; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929606130     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2014.934777     Document Type: Article

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