What to change and what to keep? Values and dynamics of adaptation to climate change
This paper uses a complex systems theory framework to clarify what adaptation to climate change means in practice, which is to make targeted changes to a society's functioning in order to avoid changes happening to that which is of value to the members of that society. It is shown that the ques...
Main Author: | Sebastian Wessels |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Borntraeger
2015-04-01
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Series: | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2014/0521 |
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