Ecological indicators of flood risk along the Gulf of Mexico

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 493-500

  Brody, Samuel D ^a   Peacock, Walter Gillis ^b   Gunn, Joshua ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Flood damage; Gulf of Mexico; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC SAVINGS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD LOSS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD RISKS; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; HUMAN COMMUNITIES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; REGIONAL POLICIES; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL POROSITY; STUDY AREAS;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOOD DAMAGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LOSSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODPLAIN; FUTURE PROSPECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84856151366     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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