Climate adaptation in the Anthropocene: Constructing and contesting urban risk regimes

Organization

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 491-516

  Wissman Weber, Nichole K ^a   Levy, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; climate risks; political economy; risk regime; urban regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047907227     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508418775812     Document Type: Article

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