Syndromes of Global Change: A qualitative modelling approach to assist global environmental management

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-314

  Petschel Held, G ^a   Block, A ^a   Cassel Gintz, M ^a   Kropp, J ^a   Ludeke M K B ^a   Moldenhauer, O ^a   Reusswig, F ^a   Schellnhuber, H J ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Global change; Qualitative modelling; Rural poverty; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; QUALITATIVE MODELLING; RURAL POVERTY; SOIL DEGRADATION;

DISEASES;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033276166     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019080704864     Document Type: Article

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