Megahydropolis: Coastal cities in the context of global environmental change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-234

  Timmerman, Peter ^a,b   White, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IFIAS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal city; Coastal zone management; Ecosystem approach; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 0031452929     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(97)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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