An assessment of the potential impact of climate change on flood risk in Mumbai

Climatic Change

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-167

  Ranger, Nicola ^a,b   Hallegatte, Stéphane ^b,c,d   Bhattacharya, Sumana ^e   Bachu, Murthy ^f   Priya, Satya ^f   Dhore, K ^f   Rafique, Farhat ^f   Mathur, P ^f   Naville, Nicolas ^c   Henriet, Fanny ^c   Herweijer, Celine ^g   Pohit, Sanjib ^h   Corfee Morlot, Jan ⁱ  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e NATCOM PMC MoEF   (India)

^f RMS India   (India)

^g Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (United Kingdom)

^h National Council of Applied Economic Research   (India)

ⁱ OECD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CURRENT SITUATION; DEVELOPING CITIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; QUANTITATIVE TOOL; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 78651066493     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9979-2     Document Type: Article

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