Does “adaptation to climate change” mean resignation or opportunity?

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 789-799

  Simonet, Guillaume ^a,b   Fatorić, Sandra ^c  

^a CDC Climat Recherche   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Montreal; Paris; Social perception; Urban area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957935311     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0792-3     Document Type: Article

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