Ecosystem-based coastal defence in the face of global change

Nature

Volumn 504, Issue 7478, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Temmerman, Stijn ^a   Meire, Patrick ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Herman, Peter M J ^b   Ysebaert, Tom ^b,c   De Vriend, Huib J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL PROTECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA WALL; SUBSIDENCE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; FISHERY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; HURRICANE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MANGROVE; MARSH; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SHELLFISH; SOCIETY; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84889602394     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12859     Document Type: Review

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