Planning for sea-level rise on the south coast of England: Advising the decision-makers

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-30

  Bray, Malcolm ^a   Hooke, Janet ^a   Carter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal; Defence; Formulation public involvement; Management; Policy; Records; Scale; Sea; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PLANNING IMPLICATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SHORE PROTECTION;

UK, ENGLAND, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030683604     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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