Costs of adapting coastal defences to sea-level rise - New estimates and their implications

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1212-1226

  Jonkman, Sebastiaan N ^a   Hillen, Marten M ^b   Nicholls, Robert J ^c   Kanning, Wim ^d   Van Ledden, Mathijs ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; dikes; engineering measures; flood protection; sea level rise; storm surge barriers; unit costs

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL PROTECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELTA; DESIGN; DIKE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STORM SURGE; VULNERABILITY; WAVE BREAKING;

LOUISIANA; NETHERLANDS; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 84881511149     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00230.1     Document Type: Article

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