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Transforming society to govern planned retreat: responding to "The contested nature of coastal climate change"

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    Douglas K. Bardsley & Rhiannon J. Niven

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Bardsley, D.K., Niven, R.J. Transforming society to govern planned retreat: responding to "The contested nature of coastal climate change". Reg Environ Change 13, 215–217 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-012-0384-4

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