GIS assessment of the vulnerability of the Rosetta area, Egypt to impacts of sea rise

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-77

  El Raey, M ^a   Fouda, Y ^a   Nasr, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Global warming; Nile delta; Urban land use; Vulnerability to climate change

Indexed keywords

EGYPT; LAND COVER; NILE DELTA; ROSETTA CITY; SEA RISE; TOPOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; RIVERS;

SEA LEVEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; GIS; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; SEA LEVEL RISE; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLIMATE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; SEASHORE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TOURISM; TREE; URBAN POPULATION;

EGYPT, ROSETTA;

EID: 0031214209     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005738302640     Document Type: Article

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