Climate change vulnerability assessment in Georgia

Applied Geography

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-74

  KC, Binita ^a   Shepherd, J Marshall ^a   Gaither, Cassandra Johnson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical and social vulnerabilities; Climate change; Climate extremes; Georgia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXTREME EVENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VULNERABILITY; WARMING;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928601544     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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