Australian approaches to coastal vulnerability assessment

Sustainability Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-87

  Harvey, Nick ^a   Woodroffe, Colin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coast; Global climate change; Sea level rise; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049094225     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-008-0041-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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