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...
Main Author: | Asim Zia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-05-01
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Series: | Sustainability |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/5/917 |
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