Adapting to climate change in shifting landscapes of belief

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 101-114

  Murphy, Conor ^a   Tembo, Mavuto ^b   Phiri, Adrian ^c   Yerokun, Olusegun ^c   Grummell, Bernie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MZUZU UNIVERSITY   (Malawi)

^c MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; VULNERABLE REGIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHRISTIANITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOOD PRODUCTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TRANSFORMATION;

MALAWI; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84951567771     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1498-8     Document Type: Article

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