Vulnerability assessment and protective effects of coastal vegetation during the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1479-1494

  Kaplan, M ^a,b   Renaud, F G ^a   Lulchters G ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COPING STRATEGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE; MANGROVE; MAPPING; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI EVENT; VEGETATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

SRI LANKA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 72449176657     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1479-2009     Document Type: Article

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