Data and processes linking vulnerability assessment to adaptation decision-making on climate change in Norway

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-233

  Næss, Lars Otto ^a   Norland, Ingrid Thorsen ^b   Lafferty, William M ^b   Aall, Carlo ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assessment; Climate change; Institutions; Scale; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; RESEARCH; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33646531600     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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