Small-island communities in the Philippines prefer local measures to relocation in response to sea-level rise

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 581-586

  Jamero, Ma Laurice ^a   Onuki, Motoharu ^a   Esteban, Miguel ^a   Billones Sensano, Xyza Kristina ^b   Tan, Nicholson ^b   Nellas, Angelie ^b   Takagi, Hiroshi ^c   Thao, Nguyen Danh ^d   Valenzuela, Ven Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Zoological Society of London ^*  (Philippines)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FLOODING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; ISLAND STATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RELOCATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TYPHOON; VULNERABILITY;

PHILIPPINES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85026664900     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE3344     Document Type: Article

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