Classifying knowledge on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in Europe for informing adaptation research and decision-making: A conceptual meta-analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1106-1116

  Hofmann, Mareen E ^a   Hinkel, Jochen ^a   Wrobel, Markus ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Classification; Climate change impact; Europe; Meta analysis; Systematisation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960041363     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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