Coastal vulnerability and the implications of sea-level rise for Ireland

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-341

  Devoy, Robert J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal sediments; Coastal zone management; Consensus planning; Erosion; Government policy; Modelling; Population and socio economic changes; Resources; Shoreline defence; Storminess; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA LEVEL; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VULNERABILITY; WAVE ENERGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42149103263     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07A-0007.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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