Future risk of flooding: an analysis of changes in potential loss of life in South Holland (The Netherlands)

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-169

  Maaskant, Bob ^a,b   Jonkman, Sebastiaan N ^a,c   Bouwer, Laurens M ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Exposure; Flood; Loss of life; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449106789     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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