Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3292-3297

  Hinkel, Jochen ^a   Lincke, Daniel ^a   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^b   Perrette, Mahé ^c   Nicholls, Robert James ^d   Tol, Richard S J ^e,f   Marzeion, Ben ^g   Fettweis, Xavier ^h   Ionescu, Cezar ^c   Levermann, Anders ^c,i  

^a Global Climate Forum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Coastal flooding; Loss and damage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COST; FLOODING; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL FLOODING; LOSS AND DAMAGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84895835798     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222469111     Document Type: Article

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