Coastal and river flood risk analyses for guiding economically optimal flood adaptation policies: a country-scale study for Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Many countries around the world face increasing impacts from flooding due to socio-economic development in flood-prone areas, which may be enhanced in intensity and frequency as a result of climate change. With increasing flood risk, it is becoming more important to be able to assess the costs and benefits of adaptation strategies. To guide the design of such strategies, policy makers need tools to prioritize where adaptation is needed and how much adaptation funds are required. In this country-scale study, we show how flood risk analyses can be used in cost-benefit analyses to prioritize investments in flood adaptation strategies in Mexico under future climate scenarios. Moreover, given the often limited availability of detailed local data for such analyses, we show how state-of-the-art g

SUBMITTER: Haer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938639 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature