Global assessment of technological innovation for climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing world

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-275

  Adenle, Ademola A ^a,b   Azadi, Hossein ^c,d   Arbiol, Joseph ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology; Bibliometric approach; Climatic variability; Management; Research and development; Sustainable development; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES; BIBLIOMETRIC; BIBLIOMETRIC APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATENT; POLICY; PUBLICATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INVENTION; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; INVENTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84937120845     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.040     Document Type: Article

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