Good and bad practice in the communication of uncertainties associated with the relationship between climate change and weather-related natural disasters

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 305, Issue , 2008, Pages 19-37

  Ward, Robert E T ^a  

^a RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

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CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL DISASTER; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 72049127538     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP305.4     Document Type: Article

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