Analysis of flood vulnerability and assessment of the impacts in coastal zones of Bangladesh due to potential sea-level rise

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 729-743

  Bhuiyan, Md Jabed Abdul Naser ^a   Dutta, Dushmanta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Flood depth; Hydrodynamic model; Impact; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84856384113     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0059-3     Document Type: Article

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