Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households
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1 Natural Resources Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, 2 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, 3 Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, 4 Natural Resources Ecology Lab, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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