The distributional consequences of future flood risk management in England and Wales

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1301-1321

  Penning Rowsell, Edmund ^a   Pardoe, Joanna ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

distributional consequences; flood risk management; future scenarios; insurance; investment; UK

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; INSURANCE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84947208328     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15612345     Document Type: Article

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