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Rapid Climate Change and Society: Assessing Responses and Thresholds

Date

Authors

Niemeyer, Simon

Hobson, Kersty

Petts, Judith

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Assessing the social risks associated with climate change requires an understanding of how humans will respond because it affects how well societies will adapt. In the case of rapid or dangerous climate change, of particular interest is the potential for

Keywords

Keywords: Climate change; Climatology; Cooling systems; Sensory perception; Social aspects; Threshold elements; Perceptions; Rapid; Social response; Subjectivity; Risks; climate change; public attitude; risk perception; adaptation; analytic method; behavior; climat Climate change; Perceptions; Rapid; Social response; Subjectivity; Thresholds

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/83790

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Risk Analysis

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00691.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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