Adaptation to climate change in developing countries

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 743-752

  Mertz, Ole ^a   Halsnæs, Kirsten ^b   Olesen, Jorgen E ^c   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Africa; Asia; Climate change; Climate impacts; Climate projections; Developing countries; Development policy; Latin America; Mainstreaming; Small island states; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ASIA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; LATIN AMERICA; MAINSTREAMING; SMALL ISLAND STATES; VULNERABILITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLICY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 67349232505     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9259-3     Document Type: Article

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