Conditional probabilistic population projections: An application to climate change

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-184

  O'Neill, Brian C ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Population; Projection; Scenario; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042540993     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00231.x     Document Type: Article

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