The effects of adaptation and mitigation on coastal flood impacts during the 21st century. An application of the DIVA and IMAGE models

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 783-794

  Hinkel, Jochen ^a,b   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^c,d   Nicholls, Robert J ^e   Klein, Richard J T ^f,g  

^a Global Climate Forum (GCF)   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; COASTAL FLOODS; IMAGE MODELS; MAINTENANCE COST; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; RESIDUAL DAMAGE; SEA LEVEL RISE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; LEVEES; SEA LEVEL;

FLOODS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIKE; FLOOD CONTROL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABILIZATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84874950293     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0564-8     Document Type: Article

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