Opportunities and Barriers for Adaptation and Local Adaptation Planning in Canadian Rural and Resource-Based Communities

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2011, Pages 449-459

  McLeman, Robert A ^a   Brklacich, Michael ^b   Woodrow, Maureen ^c   Vodden, Kelly ^d   Gallaugher, Patricia ^e   Sander Regier, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; British Columbia; Canada; Capacity building; Community based research; Local adaptation; Local governance; Newfoundland; Resource based communities; Rural communities; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048516429     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0567-8_33     Document Type: Chapter

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