A systems perspective on responses to climate change

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-730

  Ingwersen, Wesley W ^a   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^a   Gonzalez, Michael A ^a   Templeton, Joshua J ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Climate mitigation; Life cycle thinking; Risk benefit analysis; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; RISK BASED APPROACHES; RISK-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84905689356     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-012-0577-z     Document Type: Article

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