An assessment of the physical impacts of sea-level rise and coastal adaptation: A case study of the eastern coast of Ghana

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-293

  Boateng, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL HABITATS; COASTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MANAGEMENT UNIT; POLICY OPTIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STORM INTENSITY; STORM SURGES; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

COASTAL ZONES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOODING; GIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

GHANA;

EID: 84865435683     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0394-0     Document Type: Article

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