Vulnerability, Income Growth and Climate Change

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 916-927

  Ward, Patrick ^a   Shively, Gerald ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic development; Energy use; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; POLLUTION POLICY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84858617627     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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