Going to extremes: Propositions on the social response to severe climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Travis, William R ^a,b  

^a Center for Science and Technology Policy Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; HUMAN RESPONSE; NATURAL HAZARD; RESPONSE PATHWAYS; WARNING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; NATURAL HAZARD; TYPOLOGY; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 70349379734     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9661-8     Document Type: Article

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