Data from: "A framework for performing comparative LCA between repairing flooded houses and construction of dikes in non-stationary climate with changing risk of flooding"

In the paper "A framework for performing comparative LCA between repairing flooded houses and construction of dikes in a non-stationary climate with changing risk of flooding", life cycle assessment is used to compare two ways to maintain the state of a coastal urban area in a changing climate with increasing flood risk. On one side, the construction of a dike, a hard and proactive scenario, is modeled using a bottom-up approach. On the other, the systematic repair of houses flooded by sea surges, a post-disaster measure, is assessed using a Monte Carlo simulation allowing for aleatory uncertainties in predicting future sea level rise and occurrences of extreme events. Two metrics are identified, normalized mean impacts and probability of dike being most efficient. The methodology is applied to three case studies in Denmark representing three contrasting areas, Copenhagen, Frederiksværk, and Esbjerg. For all case studies the distribution of the calculated impact of repairing houses is highly right skewed, which in some cases has implications for the comparative LCA. This dataset contains the underlying data to support the findings of the paper. In particular, two sets of characterized environmental impacts are reported: (1) the impacts of flood-related repairs summed over a century, for each Monte Carlo simulation and (2) the impacts of building a dam. Both sets of results are reported for each of the three cities studied.