Sustainable development goals offer new opportunities for tropical delta regions

Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 16-23

  Szabo, Sylvia ^a   Renaud, Fabrice G ^b   Hossain, Md Sarwar ^a   Sebesvári, Zita ^b   Matthews, Zoe ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^c   Nicholls, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 84932648838     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2015.1048142     Document Type: Note

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