Coastal flood protection: What perspective in a changing climate? The THESEUS approach

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 845-863

  Zanuttigh, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coast; Erosion; Flood; Mitigation; Resilience; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 80052968922     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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