Vulnerability of Eastern Quebec coastal communities to the impacts of climate change;Vulnérabilité des communautes cotiéres de Test du Quebec aux impacts des changements climatiques

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Savard, Jean Pierre ^a   Bernatchez, Pascal ^b   Morneau, Francçois ^a   Saucier, François ^c  

^a Ouranos consortium sur la climatologie régionale et l adaptation aux changements climatiques   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAIN; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

ADAPTATION PROCESS; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENTS; HEAVY RAINS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ICE CLIMATE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; POLICY MAKERS; PROJECT TEAM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; TEST SITE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649671835     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2009015     Document Type: Article

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