Assessing flood risk at the global scale: Model setup, results, and sensitivity

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ward, Philip J ^a,b   Jongman, Brenden ^a,b   Weiland, Frederiek Sperna ^c   Bouwman, Arno ^d   Van Beek, Rens ^e   Bierkens, Marc F P ^e   Ligtvoet, Willem ^d   Winsemius, Hessel C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

flood risk; flooding; global modeling; global scale; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; LOSSES; MACROS; MAPS; OIL WELL FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; FLOOD RISKS; GLOBAL MODELING; GLOBAL SCALE; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INUNDATION MODELLING;

FLOODS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING;

EID: 84891878050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044019     Document Type: Article

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