Usefulness and limitations of global flood risk models

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 712-715

  Ward, Philip J ^a   Jongman, Brenden ^a,b   Salamon, Peter ^c   Simpson, Alanna ^b   Bates, Paul ^d,e   De Groeve, Tom ^c   Muis, Sanne ^a   De Perez, Erin Coughlan ^a,f,g   Rudari, Roberto ^h   Trigg, Mark A ^d   Winsemius, Hessel C ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SSBN Flood Risk Solutions ^*  (United Kingdom)

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

^g Earth Institute   (United States)

^h CIMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

ⁱ DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84937894285     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2742     Document Type: Short Survey

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