Vulnerability assessment within climate change and natural hazard contexts: Revealing gaps and synergies through coastal applications

Sustainability Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-170

  Romieu, E ^a   Welle, T ^b   Schneiderbauer, S ^c   Pelling, M ^d   Vinchon, C ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coastal zone; Disaster risk reduction; Natural hazard; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954176788     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0112-2     Document Type: Article

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