Towards a framework for designing spatial and non-spatial visualizations for communicating climate change risks

Geomatica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Lieske, David J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; COASTAL FLOODING; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RISK COMMUNICATION; SEA LEVEL RISE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL;

VISUALIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 84865957592     PISSN: 11951036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5623/cig2012-006     Document Type: Article

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