Detection, measurement and prediction of shoreline recession in Accra, Ghana

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-558

  Appeaning Addo, K ^a   Walkden, M ^a   Mills, J P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastline; Erosion prediction; Sea level rise; Shoreline evolution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EROSION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS;

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTLINE; EROSION PREDICTION; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SHORELINE EVOLUTION;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 51249123540     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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