Linking components of vulnerability in theoretic frameworks and case studies

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Costa, Luís ^a   Kropp, Jürgen P ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Risk hazard; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871936821     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0158-4     Document Type: Article

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