Toward an integrated framework derived from a risk-management approach to climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 325-339

  Yohe, Gary ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

EID: 70349984576     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9614-2     Document Type: Article

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