Plausible responses to the threat of rapid sea-level rise in the Thames Estuary

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 145-169

  Lonsdale, K G ^a   Downing, T E ^a   Nicholls, R J ^b   Parker, D ^c   Vafeidis, A T ^c   Dawson, R ^d   Hall, J ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLOOD CONTROL; KETONES; PAPER SHEETING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENTS; ANTARCTIC ICES; CASE STUDIES; CLIMATIC EVENTS; DOWNSTREAM; FLOOD MANAGEMENTS; LOW PROBABILITIES; RAPID CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL; UNCERTAIN;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FLOOD CONTROL; ICE SHEET; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54949157526     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9483-0     Document Type: Article

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