Climate and socio-economic scenarios for global-scale climate change impacts assessments: Characterising the SRES storylines

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-20

  Arnell, N W ^a   Livermore, M J L ^b   Kovats, S ^c   Levy, P E ^d   Nicholls, R ^e   Parry, M L ^b   Gaffin, S R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change impact assessment; Land use change; Population; Socio economic scenarios; SRES

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 1242321583     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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