Projections of Future Extreme Weather Losses Under Changes in Climate and Exposure

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 915-930

  Bouwer, Laurens M ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclone; Extreme event; Flood; Insurance; Loss

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; EXTRA-TROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; POTENTIAL CHANGE; WEATHER HAZARDS;

FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODS; INSURANCE; LOSSES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM DAMAGE; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84877596745     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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