Quantitative assessment of the differential coastal vulnerability associated to oil spills

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Frazão Santos, Catarina ^a   Carvalho, Rui ^b   Andrade, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Composite indicator; Oil spill pollution; Portugal; Risk management; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PLANNING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84874324295     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-012-0215-2     Document Type: Article

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