Coastal hazards and associated management issues on South Pacific Islands

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 523-554

  Solomon, Steven M ^a   Forbes, Donald L ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL HAZARDS; INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT (ICM);

EROSION; FLOODS; HAZARDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL ZONE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032819059     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-5691(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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