Coastal flood hazard in Guyana: Environmental and economic causes

Caribbean Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-22

  Pelling, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal zone management; Flood hazard; Guyana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344816428     PISSN: 02529939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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