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Robert W. Kates

210

Works

17,063

Citations

50

h-index

92

i10-index

Research Topics

Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Disaster Management and Resilience Risk Perception and Management

Affiliations

Sprint (United States)1993–1993

Louisiana State University2006–2006

Clark University1963–2019

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis2002–2002

National Academy of Sciences1979–1979

Top Works

Sustainability Science

Robert W. Kates,William C. Clark,et al.

20012,504 citations

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Climate change impacts on agriculture

Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient

Robert W. Kates,William R. Travis,et al.

20121,247 citations

The environment as hazard

Ian Burton,Robert W. Kates,et al.

19781,163 citations

C<scp>HARACTERIZING AND</scp>M<scp>EASURING</scp>S<scp>USTAINABLE</scp>D<scp>EVELOPMENT</scp>

Thomas M. Parris,Robert W. Kates

2003868 citations

The Earth as Transformed by Human Action. Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years

Andrew Goudie,B. L. Turner,et al.

1993867 citations

Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A research perspective

Robert W. Kates,Craig E. Colten,et al.

2006718 citations

Creating a Climate for Change

Susanne C. Moser,Susanne C. Moser,et al.

2007579 citations

Global Change in Local Places: How Scale Matters

Thomas J. Wilbanks,Robert W. Kates

1999555 citations

What kind of a science is sustainability science?

Robert W. Kates

2011543 citations