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Exposure of coastal built assets in the South Pacific to climate risks

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  • Lalit Kumar

    (University of New England School of Environmental and Rural Science Armidale)

  • Subhashni Taylor

    (University of New England School of Environmental and Rural Science Armidale)

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A comprehensive analysis of the spatial distribution of infrastructure of 12 Pacific island countries reveals that their built assets are often concentrated close to the coast, exposing them to a variety of natural and climate change-related hazards.

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  • Lalit Kumar & Subhashni Taylor, 2015. "Exposure of coastal built assets in the South Pacific to climate risks," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(11), pages 992-996, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:11:d:10.1038_nclimate2702
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2702
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    2. Rivadeneyra, Perla & Cornacchia, Federico & Martinez, Alberto & Bidoia, Marco & Giupponi, Carlo, 2024. "Multi-platform assessment of coastal protection and carbon sequestration in the Venice Lagoon under future scenarios," FEEM Working Papers 343511, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    3. Tharani Gopalakrishnan & Md Kamrul Hasan & A. T. M. Sanaul Haque & Sadeeka Layomi Jayasinghe & Lalit Kumar, 2019. "Sustainability of Coastal Agriculture under Climate Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-24, December.
    4. Perla Irasema Rivadeneyra García & Federico Cornacchia & Alberto Gabino Martínez Hernández & Marco Bidoia & Carlo Giupponi, 2024. "Multi-platform assessment of coastal protection and carbon sequestration in the Venice Lagoon under future scenarios," Working Papers 2024.13, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
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    6. Linnenluecke, Martina K. & Smith, Tom & McKnight, Brent, 2016. "Environmental finance: A research agenda for interdisciplinary finance research," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 124-130.
    7. Annah E. Piggott-McKellar & Karen E. McNamara & Patrick D. Nunn & Seci T. Sekinini, 2019. "Moving People in a Changing Climate: Lessons from Two Case Studies in Fiji," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-17, April.
    8. World Bank, 2017. "Pacific Possible," World Bank Publications - Reports 28135, The World Bank Group.
    9. Ngawang Chhogyel & Lalit Kumar & Yadunath Bajgai, 2020. "Consequences of Climate Change Impacts and Incidences of Extreme Weather Events in Relation to Crop Production in Bhutan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-18, May.
    10. Maya Moore & Dennis Wesselbaum, 2023. "Climatic factors as drivers of migration: a review," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 2955-2975, April.

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