Assessment of vulnerability to climate change using indicators: A meta-analysis of the literature

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 775-792

  Tonmoy, Fahim N ^a   El Zein, Abbas ^a   Hinkel, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Global Climate Forum (GCF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION POLICIES; AGGREGATION METHODS; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE UTILITY; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84911974140     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.314     Document Type: Article

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