Title:

Essays on Climatic Risks and Vulnerability-Reduction Strategies

Author(s):

Vicarelli, Marta

Thesis Advisor(s):

Heal, Geoffrey M.

Date:

2011

Type:

Dissertations

Department:

Sustainable Development

Permanent URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:11790

Notes:

Ph.D., Columbia University.

Abstract:

This dissertation analyzes three di_erent dimensions of climate risk: (i) impacts and responses to climate change in physical and biological systems; (ii) socio-economic consequences of climatic variability in human systems; and (iii) the design of formal insurance instruments to reduce socio-economic vulnerability to climatic risk, as adaptation strategies. Each part represents an independent study.

Subject(s):

Economics
Climate change

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