Progressive climate change and disasters: Communicating uncertainty

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 873-877

  Khan, Shabana ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^b  

^a Indian Institute of Public Administration New Delhi   (India)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856383613     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0058-4     Document Type: Article

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