Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity

Globally, economic losses from flooding exceeded $19 billion in 2012, and are rising rapidly. Hence, there is an increasing need for global-scale flood risk assessments, also within the context of integrated global assessments. We have developed and validated a model cascade for producing global flo...

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Main Authors:	Philip J Ward, Brenden Jongman, Frederiek Sperna Weiland, Arno Bouwman, Rens van Beek, Marc F P Bierkens, Willem Ligtvoet, Hessel C Winsemius
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:	Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:	91.62.Ty 92.40.pg 92.40.qh 92.40.qp 92.70.Np 92.40.Qk
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044019

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Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity

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