Assessment of coastal vulnerability through the use of GIS tools in south sicily (Italy)

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-545

  Anfuso, Giorgio ^a   Martínez Del Pozo, José Ángel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Culture Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; Beach erosion; Land use; Sicily; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEACH EROSION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN STRUCTURES; MAXIMUM VALUES; SICILY; UPDRIFT; VULNERABILITY;

BEACHES; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANGE FINDING;

EROSION;

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; GIS; HARBOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ITALY; LAND USE; OCCUPATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASHORE; STREAM (RIVER); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SWIMMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BATHING BEACHES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SICILY;

EID: 64549134607     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9238-8     Document Type: Article

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