Risk-based benefit assessment of coastal cliff protection

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water and Maritime Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 127-139

  Hall, J W ^a,b   Lee, E M ^c   Meadowcroft, I C ^d,e  

^a ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Economics finance; Risk probability analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCE; LANDSLIDES; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL CLIFF PROTECTION; RISK-BASED BENEFIT ASSESSMENT;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

CLIFF; COASTAL PROTECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIFF; COASTAL PROTECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034282367     PISSN: 14724561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wame.2000.142.3.127     Document Type: Article

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