Regional issues raised by sea-level rise and their policy implications

Climate Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-18

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Mimura, Nobuo ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Policy; Regions; Sea level rise; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0033579666     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr011005     Document Type: Article

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