Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECISION MAKING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349272009     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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