Comparing conceptualizations of urban climate resilience in theory and practice

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Meerow, Sara ^a   Stults, Melissa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Climate Resilience Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate resilience; Resilience; Resilient city; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE REVIEW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982682315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8070701     Document Type: Article

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