Climate change, sea level rise, and coastal disasters. A review of modeling practices

Energy Economics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 593-605

  Bosello, Francesco ^a   De Cian, Enrica ^b  

^a Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change impacts; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL DISASTERS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SITE-SPECIFIC ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84912032014     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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