Rising sea level and long term sustainability of near-shore islands of the United Arab Emirates: An approach to establishing setback lines for Abu Dhabi

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 130, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-146

  Garland, G G ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Arabian Gulf islands; Sea level Rise; Setback lines; Shamal wind; Tide and storm surges

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM SURGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TIDE; WAVE RUNUP;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77958177029     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ISLANDS100121     Document Type: Article

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