Coastal hazards and the global distribution of human population

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-12

  Small, Christopher ^a   Gornitz, Vivien ^b   Cohen, Joel E ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Global; Hazard; Population; Sea level rise; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008074636     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0984.2000.71005.x     Document Type: Article

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