Perception, Vulnerability, and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study of Coastal Livelihoods in Chilaw, Sri Lanka

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Perception, Vulnerability, and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study of Coastal Livelihoods in Chilaw, Sri Lanka

The study investigates the process of adaptation in view of livelihood vulnerability of coastal communities encompassing their perceptions of climate change impacts, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Despite direct exposure, climate change is often an abstract and distant concept for coast...

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Main Author:	Bulathsinhalage, Buddika Manori Bulathsinhala
Format:	Thesis
Published:	Curtin University 2021
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88573

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