Damage functions for climate-related hazards: unification and uncertainty analysis

Most climate change impacts manifest in the form of natural hazards. Damage assessment typically relies on damage functions that translate the magnitude of extreme events to a quantifiable damage. In practice, the availability of damage functions is limited due to a lack of data sources and a lack o...

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Main Authors: B. F. Prahl, D. Rybski, M. Boettle, J. P. Kropp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/1189/2016/nhess-16-1189-2016.pdf