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Ian Burton

University of Toronto ORCID

169

Works

13,805

Citations

44

h-index

80

i10-index

Research Topics

Disaster Management and Resilience Climate change impacts on agriculture Climate Change Policy and Economics

Affiliations

University of East Anglia1974–1974

International Development Research Centre1977–1977

International Olympic Committee2021–2021

Environment and Climate Change Canada1996–2011

University of Auckland2008–2008

Top Works

Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development and equity

Barry Smit,Olga Pilifosova,et al.

20011,330 citations

Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability

Barry Smith,Ian Burton,et al.

20001,282 citations

The environment as hazard

Ian Burton,Robert W. Kates,et al.

19781,163 citations

Adaptation Policy Frameworks For Climate Change: Developing Strategies, Policies And Measures

Bo A Lim,Erika Spanger‐Siegfried,et al.

2005825 citations

Community level adaptation to climate change: The potential role of participatory community risk assessment

Maarten van Aalst,Terry Cannon,et al.

2008761 citations

Assessing dangerous climate change through an update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “reasons for concern”

Joel B. Smith,Stephen H. Schneider,et al.

2009591 citations

From impacts assessment to adaptation priorities: the shaping of adaptation policy

2002584 citations

Risk interpretation and action: A conceptual framework for responses to natural hazards

J. Richard Eiser,Ann Bostrom,et al.

2012580 citations

The Science of Adaptation: A Framework for Assessment

Barry Smit,Ian Burton,et al.

1999554 citations