Climate change-related impacts in the San Diego region by 2050

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 505-531

  Messner, Steven ^a   Miranda, Sandra C ^b   Young, Emily ^c   Hedge, Nicola ^c  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Energized Solutions   (United States)

^c The San Diego Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COASTAL AREA; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL HABITAT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; PEAK ENERGY DEMAND; PLANNING PROCESS; POPULATION GROWTH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL LEVELS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SAN DIEGO; SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER DELIVERY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; SEA LEVEL; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855355097     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0316-1     Document Type: Article

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