Some rationales for risk sharing and financing adaptation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Bouwer, Laurens M ^a   Vellinga, Pier ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Finance; Floods; Risk management; Water management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FLOODING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARD; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

EID: 19044391995     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0116     Document Type: Article

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