The future is behind us: traditional ecological knowledge and resilience over time on Hawai‘i Island

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 579-592

  McMillen, Heather ^a   Ticktin, Tamara ^a   Springer, Hannah Kihalani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Pacific Islands; Social resilience; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988336314     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-1032-1     Document Type: Article

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