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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494117
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499611
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Estimating and mapping natural hazards and risk reduction provided by coastal ecosystems
Arkema, Katie; Bailey, Allison; Cerón, Valeria Chávez; … - 2023
We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sealevel rise. These analyses were used to inform post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458507
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Effects of sea level rise on economy of the United States
Nováčková, Monika; Tol, Richard S. J. - In: Journal of environmental economics and policy 7 (2018) 1, pp. 85-115
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Green growth opportunities for Asia
Fankhauser, Sam; Kazaglis, Alex; Srivastav, Sugandha - 2017
This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future …, overall, Asia has an innovation specialization and revealed comparative advantage in climate change mitigation technologies … nuclear and smart grids. However, within Asia, there are regional disparities, with countries such as the People’s Republic of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590204
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Perspectives on climate policies
Andersson, Fredrik N. G. - 2019
The purpose of this article is twofold: First to discuss three misconceptions in the debate on climate policies: i) that de-growth is necessary, ii) that the market economy is part of the problem rather than part of the solution to climate change, and iii) that the only policy tool needed is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012166055
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996390
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Impacts of sea level rise on economic growth in developing Asia
Asuncion, Ruben Carlo; Lee, Minsoo - 2017
Global sea level rise (SLR) variations have undeniably begun to make an impact on highly vulnerable economies. These impacts of SLR are a key component of the projected economic damage of climate change, an important input to climate change policies and adaptive measures. This paper considers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725580
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Effects of temperature shocks on economic growth and welfare in Asia
Lee, Minsoo; Villaruel, Mai Lin; Gaspar, Raymond - 2016
temperature significantly affects overall economic productivity. We find the overall economic productivity of developing Asia to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580300
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Cities and the sea level
Lin, Yatang; McDermott, Thomas K. J.; Michaels, Guy - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509971