Climate Change Risk Management in Transnational River Basins: The Rhine

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3837-3861

  van Pelt, Saskia C ^a   Swart, Rob J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate change uncertainties; Multi level governance; River Rhine; Science policy interface

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CURRENT MISMATCH; DEVELOPMENT PLANS; DIFFERENT SCALE; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; NATURAL SYSTEMS; POLICY MAKERS; RHINE RIVER; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER RHINE; SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE;

RHINE BASIN;

EID: 80255138581     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9891-1     Document Type: Review

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