Methodology for the estimation of the increase in time loss due to future increase in tropical cyclone intensity in Japan

Climatic Change

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-578

  Esteban, Miguel ^a   Webersik, Christian ^b   Shibayama, Tomoya ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EXPECTED COSTS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLICY MAKERS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HURRICANES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STORMS; TROPICS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 77957152399     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9725-9     Document Type: Article

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