Adapting the national flood insurance program to relative sea level rise

Coastal Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-375

  Hudgens, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

100 year floodplain; Floodproofing; National Flood Insurance Program; Rolling easements; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLOOD INSURANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL;

FLOODPROOFING; SEA LEVEL RISE;

FLOOD CONTROL;

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033401875     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089207599263776     Document Type: Article

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