Shifting economic impacts from weather extremes in the United States: A result of societal changes, not global warming

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-290

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic impacts; Science policy; Societal change; Weather and climate extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SEVERE WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038006415     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023642131794     Document Type: Article

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