Firm relocation as adaptive response to climate change and weather extremes

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-133

  Linnenluecke, Martina K ^a   Stathakis, Alexander ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Firm strategy; Relocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CABLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVESTMENT; LANDHOLDING; RELOCATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78751703908     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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