Climate change impacts on pricing long-term flood insurance: A comprehensive study for the Netherlands

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1045-1060

  Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Botzen, W J Wouter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Flood risk; Long term insurance; The Netherlands; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80955179044     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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