Risks of sea level rise to disadvantaged communities in the United States

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 169-185 - 2013
Jeremy Martinich1, James E. Neumann2, Lindsay Ludwig2, L. Jantarasami1
1Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, MC6207-J, Washington, DC, 20460, USA
2Industrial Economics Incorporated, Cambridge, MA, USA

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