Development of a climate change risk and vulnerability assessment tool for urban areas

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-269

  Cavan, Gina ^a   Kingston, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Europe; PPGIS; Risk assessment; Urban areas; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866676124     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901211263648     Document Type: Article

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