Assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change: Comparing segmentation at global and regional scales

Sustainability Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-65

  Torresan, Silvia ^a   Critto, Andrea ^a,b   Dalla Valle, Matteo ^a   Harvey, Nick ^c   Marcomini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal vulnerability indicators; ICZM; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049088301     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-008-0045-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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