A Modelling Framework for Optimisation of Commodity Production by Minimising the Impact of Climate Change

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-222

  Pelizaro, Claudia ^a   Benke, Kurt ^a   Sposito, Victor ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land suitability analysis; Optimisation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 79960300962     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-010-9051-7     Document Type: Article

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