Economics of climate change adaptation at the local scale under conditions of uncertainty and resource constraints: The case of Durban, South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-156

  Cartwright, Anton ^a   Blignaut, James ^b   De Wit, Martin ^c   Goldberg, Karen ^d   Mander, Myles ^e   O'Donoghue, Sean ^f   Roberts, Debra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Independent Research Consultant   (South Africa)

^e FutureWorks Sustainability Consulting   (South Africa)

^f Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adaptation; benefit cost; damage cost function; Durban; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84875973255     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247813477814     Document Type: Article

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