Hurricane Sandy and adaptation pathways in New York: Lessons from a first-responder city

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-408

  Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a,c   Solecki, William ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Government of New york   (United States)

^c NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation pathways; Cities; Climate change; Resilience; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; PLANNING PROCESS; RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922460384     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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