Effects of climate change on exposure to coastal flooding in Latin America and the Caribbean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Reguero, Borja G ^a,b   Losada, Iñigo J ^a   Díaz Simal, Pedro ^a   Méndez, Fernando J ^a   Beck, Michael W ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; NATURAL SUBSIDENCE; POLICY; RISK REDUCTION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

SEA WATER;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; LATIN AMERICA; RISK FACTORS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84941274128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133409     Document Type: Article

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