Coasts: The high-risk areas of the world

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1363-1382

  Kron, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Munchener Ruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coasts; Disaster losses; Disaster risk; Insurance; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; NATURAL HAZARD; OCEAN WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM; TSUNAMI; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VULNERABILITY; WIND;

EID: 84876929897     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0215-4     Document Type: Article

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