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This map illustrates population density within and outside of a 10m Low Elevation Coastal Zone: Netherlands.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. (2007).

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This article, published in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 14, Number 3, reflects the results of a study examining risk in higher education and research on the basis of a classification into three domains, thus highlighting what

The general objective of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre is to reduce the vulnerability of people to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. To achieve this, the Climate Centre has developed a comprehensive approach. It

The Joint research centre aims to develop knowledge and tools in support of the EU climate change strategy. In view of this, an important research topic of the Land management unit of the IES is to assess the impact of climate change on the occurrence of

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