Estimation of the effects of climate change on flood-triggered economic losses in Japan

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-67

  Tezuka, S ^a   Takiguchi, H ^a   Kazama, S ^a   Sato, A ^a   Kawagoe, S ^b   Sarukkalige, R ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Economic loss; Extreme rainfall; Flood simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900799632     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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