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Future flood losses in major coastal cities

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  • Stephane Hallegatte

    (The World Bank, Sustainable Development Network
    Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED))

  • 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)

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.

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  • Stephane Hallegatte & Colin Green & Robert J. Nicholls & Jan Corfee-Morlot, 2013. "Future flood losses in major coastal cities," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(9), pages 802-806, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate1979
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1979
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