Scenario Discovery with Multiple Criteria: An Evaluation of the Robust Decision-Making Framework for Climate Change Adaptation

Risk Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2298-2312

  Shortridge, Julie E ^a   Guikema, Seth D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; deep uncertainty; robust decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; DEEP UNCERTAINTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; ROBUST DECISIONS; SYSTEM VULNERABILITY; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA BASIN;

EID: 84975709121     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12582     Document Type: Article

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