Robert Nicholls

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• 2021

  Integrated assessment of the food-water-land-ecosystems nexus in Europe: Implications for sustainability

  Kebede, A. S., Nicholls, R. J., Clarke, D., Savin, C. & Harrison, P. A., 10 May 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 768, 144461.

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• Integrating new sea‐level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An ongoing process

  Nicholls, R. J., Hanson, S. E., Lowe, J. A., Slangen, A. B. A., Wahl, T., Hinkel, J. & Long, A. J., May 2021, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 12, 3, e706.

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• Managing coastal flood risk to residential properties in England: integrating spatial planning, engineering and insurance

  van der Plank, S., Brown, S. & Nicholls, R. J., Jan 2021, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 52, 101961.

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• Operationalising coastal resilience to flood and erosion hazard: A demonstration for England

  Townend, I. H., French, J. R., Nicholls, R. J., Brown, S., Carpenter, S., Haigh, I. D., Hill, C. T., Lazarus, E., Penning-Rowsell, E. C., Thompson, C. E. L. & Tompkins, E. L., 20 Aug 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 783, 146880.

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• Regional analysis of multivariate compound coastal flooding potential around Europe and environs: sensitivity analysis and spatial patterns

  Camus, P., Haigh, I. D., Nasr, A. A., Wahl, T., Darby, S. E. & Nicholls, R. J., 6 Jul 2021, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21, 7, p. 2021-2040 20 p.

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• Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends (review article)

  Zanchettin, D., Bruni, S., Raicich, F., Lionello, P., Adloff, F., Androsov, A., Antonioli, F., Artale, V., Carminati, E., Ferrarin, C., Fofonova, V., Nicholls, R. J., Rubinetti, S., Rubino, A., Sannino, G., Spada, G., Thiéblemont, R., Tsimplis, M., Umgiesser, G., Vignudelli, S., & 2 othersWöppelmann, G. & Zerbini, S., 1 Sept 2021, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21, 8, p. 2643-2678 36 p.

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• Social vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, India and Bangladesh

  Das, S., Hazra, S., Haque, A., Rahman, M., Nicholls, R. J., Ghosh, A., Ghosh, T., Salehin, M. & Safra De Campos, R., 1 Feb 2021, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 53, 101983.

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• The prediction of floods in Venice: methods, models and uncertainty (review article)

  Umgiesser, G., Bajo, M., Ferrarin, C., Cucco, A., Lionello, P., Zanchettin, D., Papa, A., Tosoni, A., Ferla, M., Coraci, E., Morucci, S., Crosato, F., Bonometto, A., Valentini, A., Orlić, M., Haigh, I. D., Nielsen, J. W., Bertin, X., Fortunato, A. B., Pérez Gómez, B., & 7 othersAlvarez Fanjul, E., Paradis, D., Jourdan, D., Pasquet, A., Mourre, B., Tintoré, J. & Nicholls, R. J., 1 Sept 2021, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21, 8, p. 2679-2704 26 p.

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• The role of migration and demographic change in small island futures

  Speelman, L. H., Nicholls, R. J. & Safra De Campos, R., 1 Sept 2021, In: Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 30, 3, p. 282-311 30 p.

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• The UK needs an open data portal dedicated to coastal flood and erosion hazard risk and resilience

  Lazarus, E. D., Aldabet, S., Thompson, C. E. L., Hill, C. T., Nicholls, R. J., French, J. R., Brown, S., Tompkins, E. L., Haigh, I. D., Townend, I. H. & Penning-Rowsell, E. C., 17 Sept 2021, In: Anthropocene Coasts. 4, 1, p. 137-146 10 p.

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• Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines

  Bamunawala, J., Ranasinghe, R., Dastgheib, A., Nicholls, R. J., Murray, A. B., Barnard, P. L., Sirisena, T. A. J. G., Duong, T. M., Hulscher, S. J. M. H. & van der Spek, A., 7 Jul 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 14038.

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• Uncertainty and bias in global to regional scale assessments of current and future coastal flood risk

  Hinkel, J., Feyen, L., Hemer, M., Cozannet, G., Lincke, D., Marcos, M., Mentaschi, L., Merkens, J. L., de Moel, H., Muis, S., Nicholls, R. J., Vafeidis, A. T., Wal, R. S. W., Vousdoukas, M. I., Wahl, T., Ward, P. J. & Wolff, C., 1 Jul 2021, In: Earth's Future. 9, 7, e2020EF001882.

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• Using quantitative dynamic adaptive policy pathways to manage climate change-induced coastal erosion

  Toimil, A., Losada, I. J., Hinkel, J. & Nicholls, R. J., 2021, In: Climate Risk Management. 33, 100342.

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• Venice flooding and sea level: past evolution, present issues, and future projections (introduction to the special issue)

  Lionello, P., Nicholls, R. J., Umgiesser, G. & Zanchettin, D., 1 Sept 2021, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21, 8, p. 2633-2641 9 p.

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• 2020

  Adapting ports to sea-level rise: Empirical lessons based on land subsidence in Indonesia and Japan

  Esteban, M., Takagi, H., Nicholls, R. J., Fatma, D., Pratama, M. B., Kurobe, S., Yi, X., Ikeda, I., Mikami, T., Valenzuela, P. & Avelino, E., 2 Oct 2020, In: Maritime Policy and Management. 47, 7, p. 937-952 16 p.

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• Addressing the challenges of climate change risks and adaptation in coastal areas: A review

  Toimil, A., Losada, I. J., Nicholls, R. J., Dalrymple, R. A. & Stive, M. J. F., Mar 2020, In: Coastal Engineering. 156, 103611.

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• Climate change-driven coastal erosion modelling in temperate sandy beaches: Methods and uncertainty treatment

  Toimil, A., Camus, P., Losada, I. J., Le Cozannet, G., Nicholls, R. J., Idier, D. & Maspataud, A., 1 Mar 2020, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 202, 103110.

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• Coastal flood risks in China through the 21st century – An application of DIVA

  Fang, J., Lincke, D., Brown, S., Nicholls, R. J., Wolff, C., Merkens, J-L., Hinkel, J., Vafeidis, A. T., Shi, P. & Liu, M., 20 Feb 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 704, 135311.

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• Contrasting development trajectories for coastal Bangladesh to the end of century

  Lázár, A. N., Nicholls, R. J., Hall, J. W., Barbour, E. J. & Haque, A., 1 Sept 2020, In: Regional Environmental Change. 20, 3, 93.

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• Demand for ports to 2050: Climate policy, growing trade and the impacts of sea-level rise

  Hanson, S. E. & Nicholls, R. J., Aug 2020, In: Earth's Future. 8, 8, e2020EF001543.

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• Future challenges of coastal landfills exacerbated by sea level rise

  Beaven, R. P., Stringfellow, A. M., Nicholls, R. J., Haigh, I. D., Kebede, A. S. & Watts, J., 15 Mar 2020, In: Waste Management. 105, p. 92-101 10 p.

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• Land raising as a solution to sea-level rise: an analysis of coastal flooding on an artificial island in the Maldives

  Brown, S., Wadey, M. P., Nicholls, R. J., Shareef, A., Khaleel, Z., Hinkel, J., Lincke, D. & McCabe, M. V., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Flood Risk Management. 13, S1, e12567.

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• Modelling household well-being and poverty trajectories: An application to coastal Bangladesh

  Lázár, A. N., Adams, H., Adger, W. N. & Nicholls, R. J., 4 Sept 2020, In: PLoS One. 15, 9, e0238621.

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• Multi-decadal shoreline change in coastal natural world heritage sites – A global assessment

  Sabour, S., Brown, S., Nicholls, R. J., Haigh, I. D. & Luijendijk, A. P., Oct 2020, In: Environmental Research Letters. 15, 10, 104047.

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• Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century

  Kirezci, E., Young, I. R., Ranasinghe, R., Muis, S., Nicholls, R. J., Lincke, D. & Hinkel, J., 30 Jul 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 11629.

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• Responding to sea level rise

  Hinkel, J. & Nicholls, R. J., 1 Mar 2020, In: Bridge. 50, 1, p. 50-58 9 p.

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• 2019

  An assessment of the optimum timing of coastal flood adaptation given sea-level rise using real options analysis

  Kim, M., Nicholls, R., Preston, J. & De Almeida, G., Nov 2019, In: Journal of Flood Risk Management. 12, S2, e12494.

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• A role for the public in the long-term management of English coastal flood risk?

  Van Der Plank, S., Brown, S., Nicholls, R. J. & Tompkins, E., 2019, p. 1179-1185. 7 p.

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• Assessing the characteristics and drivers of compound flooding events around the UK coast

  Hendry, A., Haigh, I., Nicholls, R., Winter, H., Neal, R., Wahl, T., Joly-Laugel, A. & Darby, S., 23 Jul 2019, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 23, p. 3117-3139 23 p.

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• A systems-based assessment of Palestine's current and future infrastructure requirements

  Ives, M. C., Hickford, A. J., Adshead, D., Thacker, S., Hall, J. W., Nicholls, R. J., Sway, T., Abu Ayyash, M., Jones, R. & O'Regan, N., 15 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 234, p. 200-213 14 p.

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• Benefits of climate change mitigation for reducing the impacts of sea-level rise in G-20 countries

  Brown, S., Nicholls, R. J., Pardaens, A. K., Lowe, J. A., Tol, R. S. J., Vafeidis, A. T. & Hinkel, J., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 35, 4, p. 884-895 12 p.

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• Fluvial sediment supply and relative sea-level rise

  Darby, S., Appeaning Addo, K., Hazra, S., Rahman, M. & Nicholls, R., 29 Aug 2019, Deltas in the Anthropocene. Cham: Palgrave Macmillian, p. 103-126 24 p.

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• Framework for high-end estimates of sea level rise for stakeholder applications

  Stammer, D., van de Wal, R. S. W., Nicholls, R. J., Church, J. A., Le Cozannet, G., Lowe, J. A., Horton, B. P., White, K., Behar, D. & Hinkel, J., Aug 2019, In: Earth's Future. 7, 8, p. 923-938 16 p.

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• Generic adaptation pathways for coastal archetypes under uncertain sea-level rise

  Haasnoot, M., Brown, S., Scussolini, P., Scussolini, J. A., Vafeidis, A. & Nicholls, R., 7 Aug 2019, In: Environmental Research Communications. 1, 7, 071006.

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• Global investment costs for coastal defense through the 21st century

  Nicholls, R., Hinkel, J., Lincke, D. & van der Pol, T., 13 Feb 2019, Washington DC: World Bank Group. (Policy Research Working Paper)

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• Impact of sea-level rise on the tourist-carrying capacity of Catalan beaches

  López-Dóriga, U., Jiménez, J. A., Valdemoro, H. I. & Nicholls, R. J., 15 Mar 2019, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 170, p. 40-50 11 p.

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• Large-scale transdisciplinary collaboration for adaptation research: Challenges and insights

  Cundill, G., Harvey, B., Tebboth, M., Cochrane, L., Currie-Alder, B., Vincent, K., Lawn, J., Nicholls, R. J., Scodanibbio, L., Prakash, A., New, M., Wester, P., Leone, M., Morchain, D., Ludi, E., DeMaria-Kinney, J., Khan, A. & Landry, M-E., Apr 2019, In: Global Challenges. 3, 4, 1700132.

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• Meeting user needs for sea level rise information

  Hinkel, J., Church, J. A., Gregory, J. M., Lambert, E., Le Cozannet, G., Lowe, J., McInnes, K. L., Nicholls, R. J., van der Pol, T. D. & van de Wal, R., Mar 2019, In: Earth's Future. 7, 3, p. 320-337 18 p.

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• Projections of declining fluvial sediment delivery to major deltas worldwide in response to climate change and anthropogenic stress

  Dunn, F., Darby, S., Nicholls, R., Cohen, S., Zarfl, C. & Fekete, B., 6 Aug 2019, In: Environmental Research Letters. 14, 8, 084034.

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• The global and regional impacts of climate change under Representative Concentration Pathway forcings and Shared Socioeconomic Pathway socioeconomic scenarios

  Arnell, N. W., Lowe, J. A., Bernie, D. J., Nicholls, R. J., Brown, S., Challinor, A. J. & Osborn, T. J., 14 Aug 2019, In: Environmental Research Letters. 14, 8, 084046.

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• The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in climate-sensitive regions

  Conway, D., Nicholls, R. J., Brown, S., Tebboth, M. G. L., Adger, W. N., Ahmad, B., Biemans, H., Crick, F., Lutz, A. F., De Campos, R. S., Said, M., Singh, C., Zaroug, M. A. H., Ludi, E., New, M. & Wester, P., 1 Jul 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 7, p. 503-511 9 p.

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• Water-level attenuation in global-scale assessments of exposure to coastal flooding: a sensitivity analysis

  Vafeidis, A. T., Schuerch, M., Wolff, C., Spencer, T., Merkens, J-L., Hinkel, J., Lincke, D., Brown, S. & Nicholls, R., 3 May 2019, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 19, 5, p. 973-984 12 p.

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• 2018

  Adjusting mitigation pathways to stabilize climate at 1.5 and 2.0 °C rise in global temperatures to year 2300

  Goodwin, P., Brown, S., Haigh, I., Nicholls, R. & Matter, J., 25 Mar 2018, In: Earth's Future. 6, 3, p. 601-615 15 p.

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• A framework for identifying and selecting long term adaptation policy directions for deltas

  Suckall, N., Tompkins, E. L., Nicholls, R. J., Kebede, A. S., Lázár, A. N., Hutton, C., Vincent, K., Allan, A., Chapman, A., Rahman, R., Ghosh, T. & Mensah, A., 15 Aug 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 633, p. 946-957 12 p.

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• Applying the global RCP–SSP–SPA scenario framework at sub-national scale

  Kebede, A. S., Nicholls, R. J., Allan, A., Arto, I., Cazcarro, I., Fernandes, J. A., Hill, C. T., Hutton, C. W., Kay, S., Lázár, A. N., Macadam, I., Palmer, M., Suckall, N., Tompkins, E. L., Vincent, K. & Whitehead, P. W., 1 Sept 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 635, p. 659-672 14 p.

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• Documenting the state of adaptation for the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement

  Tompkins, E. L., Vincent, K., Nicholls, R. J. & Suckall, N., 18 Jul 2018, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 9, 5, e545.

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• Ecosystem services, well-being and deltas: Current knowledge and understanding

  Adger, W. N., Adams, H., Kay, S., Nicholls, R. J., Hutton, C. W., Hanson, S. E., Rahman, M. M. & Salehin, M., 30 May 2018, Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas. Springer, p. 3-27 25 p.

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• Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta

  Adams, H., Adger, W. N. & Nicholls, R. J., 30 May 2018, Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas. Springer, p. 29-47 19 p.

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• Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea level rise

  Schuerch, M., Spencer, T., Temmerman, S., Kirwan, M. L., Wolff, C., Lincke, D., McOwen, C. J., Pickering, M., Reef, R., Vafeidis, A., Hinkel, J., Nicholls, R. & Brown, S., 12 Sept 2018, In: Nature. 561, p. 231-234 4 p.

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• Guidance on the management of landfill sites and land contamination on eroding or low-lying coastlines. Supplementary Guide: CIRIA SP169

  Nicholls, R., Stringfellow, A. & Beaven, R. P., 28 Nov 2018, London: Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA).

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