Climate information requirements for community-level risk management and adaptation

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Srinivasan, G ^a   Rafisura, Kareff May ^b   Subbiah, A R ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate information; Climate risk management; Climate services

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADVERSE WEATHER; CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE SERVICES; EARLY WARNING; HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; USER REQUIREMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PREVENTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA;

EID: 79957541773     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00962     Document Type: Article

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