I believe in climate change but how precautionary do we need to be in planning for the future?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1517-1520

  Beven, Keith ^a,b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79954600068     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7939     Document Type: Note

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