Sea level rise in the New York city metropolitan area

Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 421-434

  Gornitz, Vivien ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; FLOOD DAMAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WETLANDS;

COASTAL HAZARDS; SEA LEVEL RISE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036388812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40605(258)37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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