Comparing urban coastal flood risk in 136 cities under two alternative sea-level projections: RCP 8.5 and an expert opinion-based high-end scenario

• Published in: Ocean & Coastal Management
• Main Authors: Abadie, LM, Jackson, LP, Sainz de Murieta, E, Jevrejeva, S, Galarraga, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Greenland; Orleans; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105249; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:00cab192-3a56-4ba3-855c-06aed08815b3

The high degree of uncertainty associated with the extent of future sea-level rise stems primarily from the potential mass loss of the Greenland and Antarctica ice-sheets. We explore the impact of this uncertainty on economic damage due to sea-level rise for 136 major coastal cities. We compare the...