Coastal vulnerability assessment for Chennai, east coast of India using geospatial techniques

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 853-872

  Arun Kumar, A ^a   Kunte, Pravin D ^b  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai; Coastal vulnerability index; Geographic information systems; Natural hazards; SRTM data

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STORM SURGE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84866022551     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0276-4     Document Type: Article

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