Supporting Indigenous rangers' management of climate-change impacts on heritage sites: Developing an effective planning tool and assessing its value

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 597-607

  Carmichael, Bethune ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; cultural geography; environmental management; heritage studies; Indigenous knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953240660     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ15048     Document Type: Article

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