Adaptive flood risk management under climate change uncertainty using real options and optimization

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-92

  Woodward, Michelle ^a   Kapelan, Zoran ^b   Gouldby, Ben ^a  

^a Flood Management Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision tree analysis; Economics; Flood risk management; Multiobjective optimization; Real options

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISION TREE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION MEASURES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; REAL OPTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOODING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ENGLAND; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; FLOODING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; HUMANS; LONDON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84892478024     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12088     Document Type: Article

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