Sea level rise and flood risk assessment in Itä-Uusimaa

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 41, 2006, Pages 95-106

  Virkki, Heidi ^a   Kallio, Hilkka ^b   Orenius, Oskari ^a  

^a Regional Council of Itä Uusimaa   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floods; Impact assessment; It Uusimaa; Loviisa; Porvoo; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORVOO; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33744814054     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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