Risk, vulnerability, robustness, and resilience from a decision-theoretic perspective

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-330

  Scholz, Roland W ^a   Blumer, Yann B ^a   Brand, Fridolin S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

decision theory; resilience; risk; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECT; ADVERSE EVENTS; DECISION-THEORETIC; FORMAL DEFINITION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; RESILIENCE; RISK FUNCTION; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856929931     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.634522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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