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Esteban, M. (author), Mikami, T. (author), Shibayama, T. (author), Takagi, H. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Van Ledden, M. (author)
Increases in typhoon intensity and sea level rise could pose significant challenges to coastal defences around Tokyo Bay. In order to analyse the extent of future problems the authors determined the increase storm surge that could result from an increase in typhoon intensity and sea level rise to this area around the turn of the 21st century....
conference paper 2014
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Geldenhuys, M.A. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Mather, A.A. (author), Ranasinghe, R.W.M.R.J.B. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Van Ledden, M. (author)
Recent research done the IPCC (2007) working groups and other organizations has sparked global concern over the possible impacts of climate change and corresponding sea level rise (SLR) upon coastal communities. In reaction studies were done (for example by Nicholls et al., 2008) to assess the vulnerability of coastal regions and get an...
conference paper 2012
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Hillen, M.M. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Kanning, W. (author), Kok, M. (author), Geldenhuys, M.A. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)
This study is part of a global study on the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate change. It adds information from three specific case studies (the Netherland, New Orleans and Vietnam) to the global study. The case study areas are comparable by type of coast; all are low-lying deltaic coastal areas. This study investigates the unit cost...
report 2010