Linking extreme climate events and economic impacts: Examples from the Swiss Alps

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5384-5392

  Beniston, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Extremes; Modeling

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DAMAGE COSTS; EXTREME EVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34548714189     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.01.032     Document Type: Article

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