The impact of climate change on the national flood insurance program

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Infrastructure: Prediction, Risks, and Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-77

  Divoky, David ^a   Eberbach, Steve ^b   Crowell, Mark ^c  

^a AECOM   (United States)

^b MICHAEL BAKER JR INC   (United States)

^c Federal Emergency Management Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD INSURANCE; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION; STORMS;

COASTAL REGIONS; FLOOD HAZARDS; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICES; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS; POTENTIAL GROWTH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHORELINE EROSION; STORM INTENSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84874088475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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