Irreversibility, uncertainty, and learning: Portraits of adaptation to long-term climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 253-278

  Reilly, John ^a   Schimmelpfennig, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0034120520     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005669807945     Document Type: Article

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