A probabilistic methodology to estimate future coastal flood risk due to sea level rise

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1062-1073

  Purvis, Matthew J ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a   Hayes, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood risk; Inundation modelling; Sea level rise; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

BOUNDARY FORCING; CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES; COASTAL FLOODS; DEFENCE SPENDING; DIMENSIONAL MODELS; ENGLAND; FLOOD RISK; FLOOD RISKS; GRID CELLS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INUNDATION MODELLING; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; JOINT PROBABILITIES; LOW PROBABILITIES; MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO PROCEDURES; OPPENHEIMER; PELTIER; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGIES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL RISES; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTIES; STORM SURGES; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOMS; WORKING GROUPS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLOOD; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349160512     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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