Increasing Adaptive Capacity: What Is the Role of Local Institutions?

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 60-76

  Malakar, Yuwan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive capacity; climate change; livelihood; local institutions; Nepal; participatory tools; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021827770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.18     Document Type: Article

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