Links between media communication and local perceptions of climate change in an indigenous society

Climatic Change

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 307-320

  Fernández Llamazares, Álvaro ^a,b   Méndez López, María Elena ^a   Díaz Reviriego, Isabel ^a   McBride, Marissa F ^b   Pyhälä, Aili ^a,b   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a,c   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RURAL AREAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CHANGE PERCEPTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS; PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84933671204     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1381-7     Document Type: Article

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