Urban resilience in climate change adaptation: A conceptual framework

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Donghyun ^a   Lim, Up ^b  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Evolutionary resilience; Resilience building; Sustainability; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENGINEERING; FUTURE PROSPECT; POLITICAL PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84965159448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040405     Document Type: Article

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