Impacts of climate change on coastal flood risk in England and Wales: 2030-2100

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1841, 2006, Pages 1027-1049

  Hall, Jim W ^a   Sayers, Paul B ^b   Walkden, Mike J A ^a   Panzeri, Mike ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coastal flood risk; Socio economic scenarios

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COST ENGINEERING; ECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION; CAPITAL COSTS; COASTAL DIKES; COASTAL FLOODING; COASTAL FLOODS; ENGLAND; EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGES; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISKS; FLOOD-PLAINS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645571619     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1752     Document Type: Article

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