Economics of extreme weather events: Terminology and regional impact models

Impacts of extreme weather events are relevant for regional (in the sense of subnational) economies and in particular cities in many aspects. Cities are the cores of economic activity and the amount of people and assets endangered by extreme weather events is large, even under the current climate. A...

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Main Author: Malte Jahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715300141