Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability

In the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general. Our hypo...

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Main Authors: Erich Striessnig, Wolfgang Lutz, Anthony G. Patt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2013-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art16/