Land Use Adaptation to Climate Change: Economic Damages from Land-Falling Hurricanes in the Atlantic and Gulf States of the USA, 1900–2005

Land Use Adaptation to Climate Change: Economic Damages from Land-Falling Hurricanes in the Atlantic and Gulf States of the USA, 1900–2005

Global climate change, especially the phenomena of global warming, is expected to increase the intensity of land-falling hurricanes. Societal adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability from increasingly intense hurricanes. This study quantifies the adaptation effects of potentially policy driven c...

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Main Author: Asim Zia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
climate change
adaptation
land-use policy
economic damages
disaster management
extreme weather events
risk assessment
dynamic modeling
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/5/917

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