Investment as an adaptation strategy to climate change: case study of flood damage in China

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-65

  You, Songcai ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Matsuoka, Yuzuru ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change impact; Economy; Flood; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947326485     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353971     Document Type: Article

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