Vulnerability assessment of sea-level rise in Viti Levu, Fiji Islands

Sustainability Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Gravelle, Gabriel ^a   Mimura, Nobuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change Fiji; GIS; Risk; Sea level rise; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049114895     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-008-0052-2     Document Type: Article

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