Exploring data-related uncertainties in analyses of land area and population in the "Low-Elevation Coastal Zone" (LECZ)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 757-768

  Lichter, Michal ^a   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^b   Kaiser, Gunilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960204700     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00072.1     Document Type: Article

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