A global ranking of port cities with high exposure to climate extremes

Climatic Change

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-111

  Hanson, Susan ^a,b   Nicholls, Robert ^a,b   Ranger, N ^c,d   Hallegatte, S ^e   Corfee Morlot, J ^f   Herweijer, C ^g   Chateau, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^e MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^f OECD   (France)

^g Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FLOODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; COASTAL FLOODING; COMBINED EFFECT; GLOBAL POPULATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; PORT; RANKING; RISK FACTOR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STORM SURGE; SUBSIDENCE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; NETHERLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651086028     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9977-4     Document Type: Article

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