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. 2018 Jan 10;4(1):eaao1914. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao1914

Fig. 3. Increase in the regional flood protection level required to preserve the current high-end flood risk for the period 2035 to 2044 (realization ensemble median).

Fig. 3

Additional protection is given in levels, starting with 0 for regions without adaptation need. Level boundaries are 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, and 1000 years return period. Numbers shown are absolute difference in level numbers to current protection per subnational region in the FLOPROS database (6). Subfigures show regional foci on the (A) United States, (B) Europe, (C) Africa, and (D) Southeast and East Asia.