Managing development choices is essential to reduce coastal flood risk in China
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2025-10
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Wang, Yafei
Ye, Yuxuan
Nicholls, Robert J.
Olsson, Lennart
van Vuuren, Detlef P.
Peterson, Garry
He, Yao
Li, Manchun
Fan, Jie
Scown, M.W.
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Future exposure to coastal flooding in China is driven more by growing populations and economic activity rather than by rising seas and intensifying storm surges. Policymakers must anticipate these multiple risk drivers to better inform spatial planning and development strategies and to ensure effective, sustainable coastal adaptation.
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Wang, Y, Ye, Y, Nicholls, R J, Olsson, L, P. van Vuuren, D, Peterson, G, He, Y, Li, M, Fan, J & Scown, M 2025, 'Managing development choices is essential to reduce coastal flood risk in China', Nature Climate Change, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 1033–1034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02418-7