Potential vulnerability implications of sea level rise for the coastal zones of Cochin, southwest coast of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 333-344

  Kumar, Dinesh P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Cochin; Erosion; Inundation; Sea level rise; Southwest coast of India; Tides; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; TIDES;

INDIA; INUNDATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; VULNERABILITY;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPISODIC EVENT; MARINE POLICY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; COCHIN; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751524022     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9200-2     Document Type: Article

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