Modelling economic impacts and adaptation to extreme events: Insights from European case studies

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 737-762

  Mechler, Reinhard ^a,b   Hochrainer, Stefan ^a   Aaheim, Asbjørn ^c   Salen, Håkon ^c   Wreford, Anita ^d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Drought; Economics; Extreme events; Fiscal planning; Flood; Heatwave; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; FISCAL POLICY; FLOOD DAMAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957369876     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9249-7     Document Type: Article

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