Evaluating the cost of flood damage based on changes in extreme rainfall in Japan

Sustainability Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Kazama, So ^a   Sato, Ayumu ^a   Kawagoe, Seiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Countermeasure; Economic loss; Flood simulation; Land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449084413     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-008-0064-y     Document Type: Article

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