Assessment of coastal erosion susceptibility at the national scale: The Italian case

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Valpreda, E ^a   Simeoni, U ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal dune; Coastal Homogeneous Unit; Geomorphology; GIS; Ionian Sea; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL EROSION; DUNE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0242407036     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02755525     Document Type: Article

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