On the (im-)possibilities of defining human climate thresholds

Climatic Change

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 299-324

  Meze Hausken, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN MIND; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; QUALITATIVE MANNER; STIMULUS-RESPONSE; TRANSITION ZONES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MODELING; THRESHOLD; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 48849097759     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9392-7     Document Type: Article

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