Climate risk

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 35, Issue , 2010, Pages 283-303

  Hultman, Nathan E ^a   Hassenzahl, David M ^b   Rayner, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; HUMAN WELFARE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78049316831     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.environ.051308.084029     Document Type: Article

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