A megacity in a changing climate: The case of Kolkata

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 747-766

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Gosain, Asvani K ^b   Rao, Sandhya ^c   Roy, Subhendu ^a   Sarraf, Maria ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c INRM Consultants Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

ADAPTATION SCHEME; CLIMATE EXTREMES; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; INTENSE RAINFALLS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; POPULATION ESTIMATE; RIVERINE FLOODING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; FLOODING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MEGACITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; KOLKATA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84872655080     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0516-3     Document Type: Article

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