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10 - Values and Traditional Practices in Adaptation to Climate Change

Evidence from a Q Method Study in Two Communities in Labrador, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

Karen O'Brien
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Universitetet i Oslo
Elin Selboe
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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