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Social Capital, Resilience and Adaptation on Small Islands

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This chapter introduces the context and motivation of the book, its significance, aim and scope, including an overview of the main research questions, theoretical concepts and the structure of the book.

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Petzold, J. (2017). Introduction. In: Social Capital, Resilience and Adaptation on Small Islands. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52225-8_1

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