00633nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100003100018245010200049260002400151300001000175520032100185583001700506  a17.02.01 R211  aNicholls, R. J....[et al.]  aRanking port cities with high exposure and vulnerability to climate extremes : exposure estimates  bOECDaParisFRc2008  a61 p.  aMakes a first estimate of the exposure of 136 large port cities to coastal flooding due to storm surge and damage due to high winds.  Investigates how climate change is likely to impact each port city's exposure to coastal flooding.  Demonstrates that a large number of people are already exposed to this phenomenum.  c4/7/08kJOYD