Coastal marsh die-off and reduced attenuation of coastal floods: A model analysis

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-274

  Temmerman, Stijn ^a   De Vries, Mindert B ^b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; Ecosystem services; Flood mitigation; Salt marshes; Sea level rise; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOODING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FLOOD MITIGATION; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISE; STORM SURGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIES; DISASTERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION; STORMS; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CHANNEL;

EID: 84862627451     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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