Estimations of the risk from sea-level rise are often based on the amount of property inundated by water. However, risk measurements based on isolation — being cut-off from key services owing to road flooding — suggest that the impacts of sea-level rise could be more widespread and may begin earlier than anticipated.
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This is a summary of: Logan, T. M. et al. Risk of isolation increases the expected burden from sea-level rise. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01642-3 (2023).
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Risk of isolation increases the urgency and spatial extent of climate change adaptation.
Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01647-y
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Published: 23 March 2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01647-y
