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Build Back Better? Effects of Crisis on Climate Change Adaptation Through Solar Power in Japan and the United States

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  • Timothy Fraser
  • Lily Cunningham
  • Amos Nasongo

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Do communities struck by disaster build back better, or not? Recent small- and medium-

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  • Timothy Fraser & Lily Cunningham & Amos Nasongo, 2021. "Build Back Better? Effects of Crisis on Climate Change Adaptation Through Solar Power in Japan and the United States," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 21(1), pages 54-75, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:21:y:2021:i:1:p:54-75
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