The governance of vulnerability: Climate change and agency in tuvalu, south pacific

Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 240-249

  Lazrus, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 85106074897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315434773-21     Document Type: Chapter

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