Flood risk management for an uncertain future: economic efficiency and system robustness perspectives compared for the Meuse River (Netherlands)

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1011-1026

  Klijn, Frans ^a   Mens, Marjolein J P ^a   Asselman, Nathalie E M ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Decision making; Flood risk management; Low probability large consequence risk; Planning; Policy analysis; Robustness; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; POLICY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEUSE RIVER; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84938993461     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-015-9643-2     Document Type: Article

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