Usefulness and limitations of global flood risk models

Philip J. Ward; Brenden Jongman; Peter Salamon; Alanna Simpson; Paul Bates; Tom De Groeve; Sanne Muis; Erin Coughlan De Perez; Roberto Rudari; Mark A. Trigg; Hessel C. Winsemius

doi:10.1038/nclimate2742

Usefulness and limitations of global flood risk models

Philip J. Ward^*, Brenden Jongman, Peter Salamon, Alanna Simpson, Paul Bates, Tom De Groeve, Sanne Muis, Erin Coughlan De Perez, Roberto Rudari, Mark A. Trigg, Hessel C. Winsemius

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Global flood risk models were developed to identify risk hotspots in a world with increasing flood occurrence. Here we assess the ability and limitations of the current models and suggest what is needed moving forward.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	712-715
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2742
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2015

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