Limitations and opportunities of social capital for adaptation to climate change: A case study on the Isles of Scilly

Geographical Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-134

  Petzold, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Qualitative methods; Resilience; Sea level rise; Small islands; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARCHIPELAGO; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ISLAND; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; ISLES OF SCILLY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84939243798     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12154     Document Type: Article

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