Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review

Climatic Change

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 227-254

  Fatorić, Sandra ^a   Seekamp, Erin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CULTURAL HERITAGES; CULTURAL RESOURCES; POLICY MAKING; SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85014509134     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1929-9     Document Type: Article

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