A framework to investigate the economic growth impact of sea level rise

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

economic growth; sea level rise; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857965240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/015604     Document Type: Review

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