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Flooding the market

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A flood insurance market with risk-based prices in the UK will only stimulate climate change adaptation if it is part of a wider strategy that includes land-use planning, building regulations and water management.

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We would like to thank the ODU Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative for funding D.H.'s Visiting Scholarship, when this work was undertaken.

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  1. Diane Horn is in the Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK,

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  2. Michael McShane is in the Department of Finance, Insurance and Financial Services Center, Old Dominion University, 2026 Constant Hall, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA,

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