Scenarios that illuminate vulnerabilities and robust responses

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 627-646

  Lempert, Robert ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE INFORMATION; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORT PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; POLICY DEBATES; SIMULATION MODEL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PROSPECT; POLICY APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84874948205     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0574-6     Document Type: Review

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