Adaptation to climate change: The coastal zone of Barbados

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 159-168

  Mycoo, Michelle ^a   Chadwick, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Economics and finance; Infrastructure planning

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; COST ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; BEACH NOURISHMENT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BEACH NOURISHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; FINANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BARBADOS;

EID: 84871049139     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2011.19     Document Type: Article

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