Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change hazards at the regional scale: The case study of the North Adriatic Sea

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2347-2368

  Torresan, S ^a   Critto, A ^a,b   Rizzi, J ^a,b   Marcomini, A ^b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VULNERABILITY;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84864720262     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2347-2012     Document Type: Article

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