Low-Probability Flood Risk Modeling for New York City

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 772-788

  Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Lin, Ning ^b   Botzen, Wouter ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^c   de Moel, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe model; Flood risk; Hurricane; New York City; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE MODEL; COASTAL FLOODING; DAMAGE ESTIMATES; DAMAGE ESTIMATION; FLOOD RISKS; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; UNCERTAINTY;

HURRICANES; STORMS;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; FLOODING; HURRICANE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; FLOODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BROOKLYN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877628091     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12008     Document Type: Article

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