Climate change and cities: Diff erential impacts and adaptation options in industrial countries

Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters: Concepts and Cases

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 124-150

  Ruth, Matthias ^a   Kirshen, Paul H ^b   Coelho, Dana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

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