A coupled physical and economic model of the response of coastal real estate to climate risk

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 559-562

  McNamara, Dylan E ^a   Keeler, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPENDITURE; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THRESHOLD; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878591172     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1826     Document Type: Article

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