“Living on the edge”: Estimating the economic cost of sea level rise on coastal real estate in the Tampa Bay region, Florida

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-17

  Fu, Xinyu ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Sun, Bowen ^b   Peng, Zhong Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Wuhan University   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Economic analysis; Hedonic price model; Sea level rise; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOODS; LOSSES; MANAGERS; PLANNING; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL;

ADAPTATION DECISIONS; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL FLOODING; HEDONIC PRICE MODEL; LOCAL DECISION-MAKING; REAL ESTATE MARKET; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIAL REGRESSION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PINELLAS COUNTY; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84987853144     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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