The northern gulf of mexico coast: Human development patterns, declining ecosystems and escalating vulnerability to storms and sea level rise

Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-118

  Burkett, Virginia ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849772679     Document Type: Chapter

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