Environmental policy and climate change vulnerability in the Maldives: from the ‘lexicon of risk’ to social response to change
The climate change vulnerability discourse in the Maldives coexists with a pervasive set of critical environmental factors of significance to the socio-environmental systems of small peripheral islands. This implies the need to strike a balance between global challenges associated with environmental...
Main Authors: | Stefano Malatesta, Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Prince Edward Island
2017-05-01
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Series: | Island Studies Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/default/files/ISJMalatestaSchmidtdiFriedbergMaldivesRisk.pdf |
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