Understanding climatic impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation in the united states: Building a capacity for assessment

Climatic Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 9-42

  Parson, Edward A ^a   Corell, Robert W ^d   Barron, Eric J ^b   Burkett, Virginia ^d   Janetos, Anthony ^d   Joyce, Linda ^d   Karl, Thomas R ^d   Maccracken, Michael C ^c   Melillo, Jerry ^d   Morgan, M Granger ^d   Schimel, David S ^d   Wilbanks, Thomas ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RESEARCH;

STAKEHOLDERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037372539     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022188519982     Document Type: Article

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