Adapting to climate change in cities

Climate Adaptation Futures

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 309-321

  Mehrotra, Shagun ^a   Carmin, Joann ^b   Fenech, Adam ^c   Fünfgeld, Hartmut ^d   Labane, Yadh ^e   Li, Jun ^f   Roggema, Rob ^d,g   Thomalla, Frank ^h   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ⁱ  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Tunisian Association of Climate Change and Sustainable Development (2C2D)   (Tunisia)

^f Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Australia; Australian coastal cities; Climate change adaptation; Dutch Eemsdelta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886330128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118529577.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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