The adaptive capacity of institutions in Canada, Argentina, and Chile to droughts and floods

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 865-877

  Hurlbert, Margot ^a,b   Gupta, Joyeeta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Droughts and floods; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996525823     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-1078-0     Document Type: Article

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