Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985

Disaster losses are increasing and evidence is mounting that climate change is driving up the probability of extreme natural shocks 1 – 3 . Yet it has also proved politically expedient to invoke climate change as an exogenous force that supposedly places disasters beyond the influence of local and n...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 622; no. 7981; pp. 87 - 92
Main Authors:	Rentschler, Jun, Avner, Paolo, Marconcini, Mattia, Su, Rui, Strano, Emanuele, Vousdoukas, Michalis, Hallegatte, Stéphane
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.10.2023 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/4111 706/689/694/2739/2819 Asia, Eastern Cities - statistics & numerical data Climate change Climate Change - statistics & numerical data Exposure Flood hazards Floods Floods - statistics & numerical data Human Migration - statistics & numerical data Human Migration - trends Human settlements Humanities and Social Sciences Infrastructure Land settlement Megacities multidisciplinary Probability Science Science (multidisciplinary) Trends Urban sprawl Urbanization Urbanization - trends Asia, Eastern East Asia North America Pacific region China Sub-Saharan Africa
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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