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In-Text Citation: (Hamdan, Ahmad, Idris, Samah, & Shaffril, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Hamdan, M. E., Ahmad, N., Idris, K., Samah, B. A., & Shaffril, H. A. M. (2018). Measuring Islanders’ Adaptive Capacity towards the Impact of Climate Change: A Case of Community in Langkawi Island. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(2), 265–273.
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