Using adaptation tipping points to prepare for climate change and sea level rise: A case study in the Netherlands

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-740

  Kwadijk, Jaap C J ^a   Haasnoot, Marjolijn ^a   Mulder, Jan P M ^a,b   Hoogvliet, Marco M C ^a   Jeuken, Ad B M ^a   van der Krogt, Rob A A ^a   van Oostrom, Niels G C ^a   Schelfhout, Harry A ^a   van Velzen, Emiel H ^a   van Waveren, Harold ^c   de Wit, Marcel J M ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; POTABLE WATER; SEA LEVEL; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTIVE STRATEGY; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DECISION MAKERS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79956271499     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.64     Document Type: Article

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