Adaptation and mitigation as complementary tools for reducing the risk of climate impacts

Abstract This paper uses the likelihood of flooding along Brahmaputra and Ganges Rivers in India to explore the hypothesis that adaptation and mitigation can be viewed as complements rather than sustitutes. For futures where climate change will produce smooth, monotonic and manageable effects, adopt...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Yohe, Gary [verfasserIn]

Strzepek, Kenneth

Format:

Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2007

Schlagwörter:

Adaptation

Climate change impacts

Climate change risks

Flood control

Intolerable changes

Mitigation

Risk management

Anmerkung:

© Springer Science+Business Media, B.V. 2007

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change - Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, 12(2007), 5 vom: 24. Apr., Seite 727-739

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:12 ; year:2007 ; number:5 ; day:24 ; month:04 ; pages:727-739

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11027-007-9096-3

Katalog-ID:

OLC2047794994

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