Climate change, adaptation and economic growth

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Bowen, Alex ^a   Cochrane, Sarah ^b   Fankhauser, Samuel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Université de Louvain   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROWTH MODELING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84862138829     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0346-8     Document Type: Article

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