Robert W. Kates

17.2k citations
143 papers · 10.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 45

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Robert W. Kates

134 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Robert W. Kates's Hit Papers

Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient 2012 · 984 citations
9840+16+32Years since publication2505007501000

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Robert W. Kates
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  • Global and Planetary Change 3.9k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.2k
  • Soil Science 642
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.3k
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All Works

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The environment as hazard
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19781005
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Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient
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2012984
3
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action. Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years
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1993692
4
CHARACTERIZING ANDMEASURINGSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT
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2003644
5
Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A research perspective
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2006520
6 1999450
7 2006342
8
Climate Impact Assessment
1985324
9 1987316
10
Reconstruction following disaster
1977299
11 1971285
12 2003268
13 1995245
14
The Perception of Natural Hazards in Resource Management
1963234
15 2000232
16 1997192
17 1994191
18 2003163
19
Hazard and choice perception in flood plain management
1962154
20 1983142

About Robert W. Kates

Robert W. Kates is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and General Health Professions, having authored 143 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (9 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (9 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (5 papers), Risk Perception and Management (5 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.9k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.8k citations), Sociology and Political Science (4.2k citations), Soil Science (642 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.3k citations). Robert W. Kates has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas M. Parris, Thomas J. Wilbanks, Ian Burton, Gilbert F. White, William R. Travis, B. L. Turner, Anthony Leiserowitz, Shirley Laska, Craig E. Colten and Jesse H. Ausubel. Their work appears in journals such as Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Economic Geography, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geographical Review and Geographical Journal.

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