Social aspects of adaptive capacity

Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 29-49

  Adger, W Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84967588213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860945816_0003     Document Type: Chapter

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