Vulnerability of Poland's coast to Sea-level Rise

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 131-155

  Pruszak, Zbigniew ^a   Zawadzka, Elzbieta ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c GDYNIA MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastline evolution and protection; Flooding threat of the Polish coast; Sea level rise; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; EROSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE (ASLR); BALTIC SEA; COASTLINE EVALUATION AND PROTECTION; FLOODING THREAT OF THE POLISH COAST; SEA-LEVEL RISE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 24144467872     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563405001197     Document Type: Article

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