Is robustness really robust? How different definitions of robustness impact decision-making under climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 409-424

  Giuliani, Matteo ^a   Castelletti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Robust decision making; Water management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; ROBUST DECISIONS; ROBUSTNESS METRICS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84954329166     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1586-9     Document Type: Article

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