Climate change and coastal zones: An overview of the state-of-the-art on regional and local vulnerability assessment

Climate Change in the Mediterranean: Socio-economic Perspectives of Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 245-278

  Sterr, Horst ^a   Klein, Richard J T ^b   Reese, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 40949164950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781950258.000026     Document Type: Chapter

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