On the role of climate scenarios for adaptation planning

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-97

  Dessai, Suraje ^a,b   Lu, Xianfu ^a,b   Risbey, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate scenarios; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 18144407655     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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