On the economics of coastal adaptation solutions in an uncertain world

Climatic Change

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-92

  Yohe, Gary ^a,b   Knee, Kelly ^b   Kirshen, Paul ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Applied Science Associates   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS AND COSTS; CERTAINTY EQUIVALENT; COASTAL STORM; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC VALUES; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OPERATIONAL COSTS; RISK NEUTRALITY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPREAD RISKS;

ECONOMICS; RISK PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BASELINE SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; STORM;

EID: 79953735811     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9997-0     Document Type: Article

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