Essays on Climatic Risks and Vulnerability-Reduction Strategies
By: Marta Vicarelli
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: 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.
Notes: Department: Sustainable Development.

Thesis advisor: Geoffrey M. Heal.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2011.