A framework for social adaptation to climate change : sustaining tropical coastal communities and industries

2010
Marshall, N. A. |
Marshall, Paul |
Tamelander, Jerker |
Obura, David O. |
Malleret-King, Delphine |
Cinner, J. E. |
The estimated 500 million people who depend on coral reefs worldwide regularly contend with change. Whether it is the shifting demands of a global marketplace, political upheaval at the national level, shortage of local supplies such as fuel, or fickle weather, the resilience of reefdependent people is often put to the test.