Joint effects of storm surge and sea-level rise on US Coasts: new economic estimates of impacts, adaptation, and benefits of mitigation policy

Climatic Change

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 337-349

  Neumann, James E ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^b   Ravela, Sai ^b   Ludwig, Lindsay ^a   Kirshen, Paul ^c   Bosma, Kirk ^d   Martinich, Jeremy ^e  

^a Industrial Economics   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d CLS   (France)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOODS; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HURRICANES; MELTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ESTIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); ICE SHEET MELTING; MITIGATION POLICIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84925515816     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1304-z     Document Type: Article

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