Estimates of exposure of a coastal city to spatial use changes - A case study in Xiamen

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Huang, Jing ^a,b,c   Cui, Shenghui ^b   Qiu, Quanyi ^b   Shi, Longyu ^b   Ma, Keming ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

coastal zone; human influence; land use intensity; LULC; shoreline use intensity; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NATURAL HAZARD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 77954950708     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2010.488413     Document Type: Article

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