From barriers to limits to climate change adaptation: path dependency and the speed of change

Research on the barriers and limits to climate change adaptation identifies many factors, but describes few processes whereby adaptation is constrained or may indeed fail to avoid catastrophic losses. It often assumes that barriers are by and large distinct from limits to adaptation. We respond to r...

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Main Authors: Jon Barnett, Louisa S. Evans, Catherine Gross, Anthony S. Kiem, Richard T. Kingsford, Jean P. Palutikof, Catherine M. Pickering, Scott G. Smithers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-09-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art5/