Risk management against extremes in a changing environment: A risk-layer approach using copulas

Environmetrics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 663-672

  Hochrainer Stigler, Stefan ^a   Pflug, Georg ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Copulas; Extremes; Risk layer approach; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84871695269     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2182     Document Type: Article

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