A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-105

  Balica, S F ^a,d   Wright, N G ^a,b,d   van der Meulen, F ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI); Urbanised deltas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84866042688     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0234-1     Document Type: Article

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