Flood risk and adaptation strategies under climate change and urban expansion: A probabilistic analysis using global data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 445-457

  Muis, Sanne ^a   Güneralp, Burak ^b   Jongman, Brenden ^a   Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Ward, Philip J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change impacts; Flood risk; Global modeling; Indonesia; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; URBAN GROWTH;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; FLOOD RISKS; GLOBAL MODELING; INDONESIA; URBANIZATION;

FLOODS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEVELOPING WORLD; FLOOD CONTROL; MODELING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDONESIA; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RIVER; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84956719059     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.068     Document Type: Article

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