Complex socio-ecological dynamics driven by extreme events in the Amazon

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 643-655

  Pinho, Patricia Fernanda ^a   Marengo, José A ^b   Smith, Mark Stafford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Brazilian Amazon; Caboclos remote communities; Policy and conservation of natural resources and ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939888083     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0659-z     Document Type: Article

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