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Informationen zum Autor Jeroen Aerts is Professor of Risk Management, Water and Insurance, at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Wouter Botzen is an environmental economist at VU University Amsterdam. Malcolm Bowman is Professor of Physical Oceanography and a Distinguished Service Professor at the Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC), State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. Philip Ward is a Hydrologist at VU University Amsterdam. Piet Dircke is Professor of Water Management, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Piet Dircke is Professor of Water Management, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities - including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction 2. Global Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Cities 3. Socio-Economic Scenarios in Climate Adaptation Studies 4. Vulnerability of Port Infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam 5. Storm Surge Modelling 6. Flood Risk Modelling 7. Climate Resilient Waterfronts 8. Innovative Flood Defenses in Highly Urbanized Watercities 9. Climate-Resilient Waterfront Development and Insurance in New York City 10. Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for Coastal Cities: An Overview and Comparison 11. Governance of Climate Change in Coastal Cities: The example of Hong Kong 12. Climate Adaptation in New York City 13. Climate Adaptation in the City of Jakarta 14. Climate Adaptation in the City of Rotterdam. Index
