Climate change vulnerability assessment is a rapidly developing field. However, despite the fact that such major trends as globalization and the changing characteristics of the political and economic governance systems are crucial in shaping a community?s capacity to adapt to climate change, these t
Arctic Matters: The Global Connection to Changes in the Arctic
โ Scribed by National Research Council
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 36
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Subjects
Ecology;Biological Sciences;Science & Math
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