Tackling barriers to climate change adaptation in South African coastal cities

Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from Natural Hazards Planning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 57-73

  Ziervogel, Gina ^a   Parnell, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation implementation; Barriers to adaptation; Governance; South Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988795300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8631-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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