Semiquantitative assessment of regional climate vulnerability: The North-Rhine Westphalia study

Climatic Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 265-290

  Kropp, J P ^a   Block, A ^a   Reusswig, F ^a   Zickfeld, K ^a   Schellnhuber, H J ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

NATURAL DISASTER; REGIONAL ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 33746233568     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9037-7     Document Type: Article

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