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Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise [1]

Coastal flood damages are expected to increase significantly during the 21st century as sea levels rise and socioeconomic development increases the number of people and value of assets in the coastal floodplain. Estimates of future damages and adaptation costs are essential for supporting efforts to reduce emissions driving sea-level rise as well as for designing strategies to adapt to increasing coastal flood risk. This paper presents such estimates derived by taking into account a wide range of uncertainties in socioeconomic development, sea-level rise, continental topography data, population data, and adaptation strategies.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2014
Jochen Hinkel [2], Daniel Linckea [3], Athanasios T. Vafeidis & et al [4]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]
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Tags:
Climate Change [6], Floods [7], Climate Adaptation [8], Sea Level Rise [9], Climate Impacts [10], ocean t [11]
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