Vulnerability Assessments in the Netherlands Using Climate Scenarios

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-266

  van den Hurk, B ^a   Tank, A Klein ^a   Katsman, C ^a   Lenderink, G ^a   te Linde, A ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate scenarios; Climate variability; Deltas; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DELTAS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84902217851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00538-4     Document Type: Chapter

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