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Prioritizing protection?

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With climate change, urban development and economic growth, more assets and infrastructures will be exposed to flooding. Now research shows that investments in flood protection are globally beneficial, but have varied levels of benefit locally.

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Figure 1: Comparison of emissions and priority locations for flood protections.

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  1. Science Division, GRID-Geneva, United Nations Environment Programme, 11 ch. Anémones, Châtelaine, 1219, Switzerland

    Pascal Peduzzi

  2. Department of Geography and Environment, Environmental Governance and Territorial Development, and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland

    Pascal Peduzzi

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