Exposing compounding uncertainties in sea level rise assessments

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-173

  Kettle, Nathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; Carolinas; climate change; Coastal communities; impact assessments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPISODIC EVENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856006195     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00011.1     Document Type: Article

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