Limits to adaptation to climate change: A risk approach

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 384-391

  Dow, Kirstin ^a   Berkhout, Frans ^b   Preston, Benjamin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884534649     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.07.005     Document Type: Review

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