Influence of potential sea level rise on societal vulnerability to hurricane storm-surge hazards, Sarasota County, Florida

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-505

  Frazier, Tim G ^a   Wood, Nathan ^b   Yarnal, Brent ^c   Bauer, Denise H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; HURRICANE; LAND USE PLANNING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SARASOTA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956649570     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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