A decision support framework for the risk assessment of coastal erosion in the yangtze delta

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 213-226

  Li, Xing ^a   Zhou, Yunxuan ^b   Shen, Fang ^b   Kuang, Runyuan ^c   Wu, Wen ^b   Zheng, Zongsheng ^d  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DATA AND INFORMATION; DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED DATABASE; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; VISUALIZATION TOOLKITS;

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA HANDLING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL;

EROSION;

EID: 84885194230     PISSN: 18632351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25926-5_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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