Assessing climate change vulnerability in urban America: stakeholder-driven approaches

Climatic Change

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 397-410

  McCormick, Sabrina ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATE VULNERABILITY; HUMAN HEALTH; LOCAL DECISIONS; LOS ANGELES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; INFRASTRUCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH CAROLINA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; RALEIGH; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84984801552     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1757-3     Document Type: Article

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