Assessment of coastal protection as an ecosystem service in Europe

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-217

  Liquete, Camino ^a   Zulian, Grazia ^a   Delgado, Irene ^b   Stips, Adolf ^a   Maes, Joachim ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coastal erosion; Coastal inundation; Coastal protection; Ecosystem service; Exposure; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL INUNDATION; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXPOSURE; VULNERABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS;

SHORE PROTECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875439055     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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