Need for adaptation strategy against global sea level rise: An example from Saudi coast of Arabian gulf

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 821-836

  Babu, D S Suresh ^a   Sivalingam, Siva ^a   Machado, Terry ^a  

^a Shaw Arabia Limited   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI); Geographic Information System (GIS); Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP); Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); Sea Level Rise (SLR)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANGROVE; MAP; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84865486932     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9346-2     Document Type: Article

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