Avoiding the avoidable: Towards a European heat waves risk governance

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Lass, Wiebke ^a   Haas, Armin ^a   Hinkel, Jochen ^a   Jaeger, Carlo ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; early warning systems; heat waves; risk governance; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899990278     PISSN: 20950055     EISSN: 21926395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-011-0001-z     Document Type: Article

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