Exposure of atoll population to coastal erosion and flooding: A South Tarawa assessment, Kiribati

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 423-440

  Duvat, Virginie ^a   Magnan, Alexandre ^b   Pouget, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Flooding; Kiribati; Population exposure; SIDS; Trajectories of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879784438     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0215-7     Document Type: Article

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