Climate change and river floods in the European Union: Socio-economic consequences and the costs and benefits of adaptation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1737-1751

  Rojas, Rodrigo ^a   Feyen, Luc ^a   Watkiss, Paul ^b,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Paul Watkiss Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoided damages; Climate change; EU Flood Directive; Flood damage assessment; Flood mitigation; Flood risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84889094058     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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