Conceptual elements of climate change vulnerability assessments: A review

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-35

  Bruno Soares, Marta ^a   Gagnon, Alexandre S ^a   Doherty, Ruth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment frameworks; Climate change; Conceptual elements; Integrated vulnerability assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84864541276     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691211200191     Document Type: Review

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