A global empirical typology of anthropogenic drivers of environmental change in deltas

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 525-537

  Tessler, Zachary D ^a   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Grossberg, Michael ^b   Gladkova, Irina ^b   Aizenman, Hannah ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltas; Environmental change; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961200386     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0357-5     Document Type: Article

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