Profiling urban vulnerabilities to climate change: An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for European cities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 142-155

  Tapia, Carlos ^a,b   Abajo, Beñat ^a,b   Feliu, Efren ^a,b   Mendizabal, Maddalen ^a,b   Martinez, José Antonio ^a,b   Fernández, J German ^a,b   Laburu, Txomin ^a,b   Lejarazu, Adelaida ^a,b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b Tecnalia Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia Astondo Bidea   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Adaptive capacity; Cities; Climate change; Index; Indicator based vulnerability assessment; Indicators; Sensitivity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; CITIES; INDEX; SENSITIVITY; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEAT WAVE; PANEL DATA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN CLIMATE; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85015363456     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.040     Document Type: Article

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