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Cities and the sea level
Lin, Yatang; McDermott, Thomas K. J.; Michaels, Guy - 2021
coasts. We document nine stylized facts, including a sizeable rise in the share of coastal housing built on flood-prone land …
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
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Who cares? : future sea-level-rise and house prices
Filippova, Olga; Nguyen, Cuong; Noy, Ilan; Rehm, Michael - 2019
Globally, the single-most observable, predictable, and certain impact of climate change is sea level rise. Using a case study from the Kapiti Coast District in New Zealand, we pose a simple question: Do people factor in the warnings provided by scientists and governments about the risk of...
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Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of hurricane harvey
Smiley, Kevin T.; Noy, Ilan; Wehner, Michael; Frame, Dave; … - 2021
-attributed flood impacts. Here, we use climate change attribution science paired with hydrological flood models to estimate climate … change-attributed flood depths and damages during Hurricane Harvey in Harris County, Texas. We then combine this information …
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To leave or not to leave? : climate change, exit, and voice on a Pacific Island
Noy, Ilan - 2016
Observers repeatedly predict that climate change will lead and is already causing massive migration with very large numbers of people forced to leave their homes in cataclysmic waves of climate refugees. Yet, most of the empirical research on the contemporary link between climate change and...
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At the very edge of a storm : the impact of a distant cyclone on Atoll Islands
Taupo, Tauisi; Noy, Ilan - 2016
The intensity of cyclones in the Pacific is predicted to increase and sea levels are predicted to rise, so an atoll nation like Tuvalu can serve as the "canary in the mine" pointing to the new risks that are emerging because of climatic change. Based on a household survey we conducted in Tuvalu,...
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Insurance retreat in residential properties from future sea level rise in Aotearoa New Zealand
Storey, Belinda; Owen, Sally; Zammit, Christian; Noy, Ilan - 2022
How will the increased frequency of coastal inundation events induced by sea level rise impact residential insurance premiums, and when would insurance contracts be withdrawn? We model the contribution of localised sea level rise to the increased frequency of coastal inundation events. Examining...
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Impacts of droughts and floods on agricultural productivity in New Zealand as measured from space
Blanc, Elodie; Noy, Ilan - 2022
This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural land parcels in New Zealand. This type of post-disaster damage assessments aims to allow for quantification of disaster damage when on-the-ground assessment of damage is too...
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The cost of being under the weather : droughts, floods, and health care costs in Sri Lanka
De Alwis, Diana; Noy, Ilan - 2017
with access to sanitation and hygiene. Finally, both direct and indirect risks associated with flood and drought on health …
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Floods and spillovers : households after the 2011 great flood in Thailand
Noy, Ilan; Cuong Nhu Nguyen; Patel, Pooja - 2019
In 2011, Thailand experienced its worst flood ever. Using repeated waves of the Thai Household Survey, we analyse the … flood's economic impacts. In 2012, households answered a set of questions on the extent of flooding they experienced. We use … this self-identified flood exposure, and external exposure indicators from satellite images, to identify both directly …
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