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Murray Scown

Associate Senior Lecturer

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Managing development choices is essential to reduce coastal flood risk in China

Author

  • Yafei Wang
  • Yuxuan Ye
  • Robert J. Nicholls
  • Lennart Olsson
  • Detlef P. van Vuuren
  • Garry Peterson
  • Yao He
  • Manchun Li
  • Jie Fan
  • Murray Scown

Summary, in English

Future exposure to coastal flooding in China is driven more by growing populations and economic activity rather than by rising seas and intensifying storm surges. Policymakers must anticipate these multiple risk drivers to better inform spatial planning and development strategies and to ensure effective, sustainable coastal adaptation.

Department/s

  • LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2025-10

Language

English

Pages

1033-1034

Publication/Series

Nature Climate Change

Volume

15

Issue

10

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Environmental Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1758-678X