Future flood losses in major coastal cities

Stephane Hallegatte, Colin Green, Robert J. Nicholls and Jan Corfee-Morlot
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Colin Green: Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University
Robert J. Nicholls: Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
Jan Corfee-Morlot: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 9, 802-806

Abstract: Flood losses in coastal cities will rise due to increasing populations and assets. Research now quantifies average losses in the 136 largest coastal cities. Estimated at approximately US$6 billion in 2005, average annual losses could increase to US$52 billion by 2050 on the basis of projected socio-economic change alone. If climate change and subsidence are also considered, current protection will need to be upgraded to avoid unacceptable losses.

Date: 2013
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