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Uncertainty in adaptive capacity and the importance of scale

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ID5844880
AuthorsKatharine Vincent (0000-0003-3152-1522, Tyndall Centre, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume17
Issue1
Pages12-24
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Environmental Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-3780 • E-ISSN: 1872-9495
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.11.009
OpenAlexW2008899294
LanguageEN
Citations received148
References cited48

Adaptive capacity · Climate change · Econometrics · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Leverage (statistics · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Statistics · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Computer Science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology

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