Urban managed realignment: Application to the Thames Estuary, London

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1525-1534

  Shih, Sherwin C W ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^b  

^a MSES Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood defence; Flood risk; Habitat conservation; London; Riverside encroachment; Sustainability; Thames Estuary; Urban flood management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349002652     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0586.1     Document Type: Article

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