Understanding island residents’ anxiety about impacts caused by climate change using Best–Worst Scaling: a case study of Amami islands, Japan

Sustainability Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 131-138

  Kubo, Takahiro ^a   Tsuge, Takahiro ^b   Abe, Hiroya ^a   Yamano, Hiroya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amami islands; Best Worst Scaling; Climate change adaptation; Climate change communication; Island resident

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055673656     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0640-8     Document Type: Article

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