American adaptation: Social factors affecting new developments to address climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 360-367

  Carlson, Kathleen ^a   McCormick, Sabrina ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Social factors; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME EVENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEW RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN CLIMATE;

ARIZONA; BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH CAROLINA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; RALEIGH; TAMPA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945131927     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.09.015     Document Type: Article

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