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posted on Dec. 5, 2007
Report: Future Exposure to Coastal Flood in Key Cities Worldwide
As many as 150 million people in the world's major cities could be reliant on flood defenses by 2070 - more than three times the 40 million people today - as a result of climate change and urban development, according to a major new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and jointly authored by Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and leading academics from the University of Southampton, the Tyndall Centre, Météo-France, and the Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement (CIRED).
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