Plan or React? Analysis of Adaptation Costs and Benefits Using Integrated Assessment Models

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-208

  Agrawala, Shardul ^a   Bosello, Francesco ^b   Carraro, Carlo ^c   De Bruin, Kelly ^d   De Cian, Enrica ^b   Dellink, R O B ^a   Lanzi, Elisa ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive capacity; climate change; Integrated assessment modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912015010     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010007811000267     Document Type: Article

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