An economic approach to adaptation: Illustrations from Europe

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-379

  Fankhauser, Samuel ^a,b   Soare, Raluca ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b VIVID ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; COST EFFECTIVE; ECONOMIC APPROACH; FINAL ELEMENTS; PROJECT DESIGNS; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; WATER EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFRASTRUCTURE; LABOR DIVISION; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT DESIGN; PUBLIC GOODS; SPATIAL PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84876690319     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0655-6     Document Type: Article

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