Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 907-926

  Bennett, Nathan James ^a,b   Blythe, Jessica ^c   Tyler, Stephen ^d,e   Ban, Natalie C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Adaptive Resource Management Ltd   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Coastal communities; Drivers of change; Exposure; Social ecological systems; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938635347     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0839-5     Document Type: Review

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