Declining vulnerability to river floods and the global benefits of adaptation

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

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages E2271-E2280

  Jongman, Brenden ^a   Winsemius, Hessel C ^b   Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Coughlan De Perez, Erin ^a,c,d   Van Aalst, Maarten K ^c,d   Kron, Wolfgang ^e   Ward, Philip J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Netherlands)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

^e Munchener Ruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Development; Flooding; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FATALITY; FLOODING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER FLOOD; TREND STUDY; ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POVERTY; RISK; RIVER; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; RISK; RIVERS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84928969482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414439112     Document Type: Article

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