Coastal wetlands at risk: Learning from Venice and New Orleans

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 183-202

  Seminara, Giovanni ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^b   Cecconi, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Venezia Nuova ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

delta; lagoons; restoration; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUSTACY; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOSTASY;

ITALY; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84859460905     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-011-0040-5     Document Type: Article

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