Sea-level rise vulnerability in the countries of the Coral Triangle

Sustainability Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-222

  Mcleod, Elizabeth ^a   Hinkel, Jochen ^b   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^c   Nicholls, Robert J ^d   Harvey, Nick ^e   Salm, Rodney ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coral Triangle; DIVA; Sea level rise; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77954175100     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0105-1     Document Type: Article

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