Planning for long-term coastal change: Experiences from England and Wales

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-16

  Nicholls, R J ^a   Townend, I H ^b   Bradbury, A P ^c   Ramsbottom, D ^b   Day, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Coastal monitoring; Real option analysis; Sea level rise; Shoreline management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; SEA LEVEL;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL MONITORING; REAL OPTION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHORELINE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCRETION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84885369599     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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