Figuring the costs of climate change: An assessment and critique

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-408

  Demeritt, D ^a   Rothman, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032901817     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a310389     Document Type: Article

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