Environmental prediction, risk assessment and extreme events: Adaptation strategies for the developing world

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1956, 2011, Pages 4768-4797

  Webster, Peter J ^a   Jian, Jun ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaption; Climate; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ADAPTION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; CLIMATE; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; DYNAMIC ADAPTATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; FLOOD FORECAST; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FRESH WATER; POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL POVERTY; UNCERTAINTY; USER COMMUNITIES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; YANGTZE CATCHMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 82455219448     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0160     Document Type: Article

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