Mapping tsunami impacts on land cover and related ecosystem service supply in Phang Nga, Thailand

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3095-3111

  Kaiser, G ^a   Burkhard, B ^b   Romer H ^c   Sangkaew, S ^d   Graterol, R ^b   Haitook, T ^e   Sterr, H ^b   Sakuna Schwartz, D ^b,f  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAKEHOLDER;

PHANGNGA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA; CASUARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84890103573     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3095-2013     Document Type: Article

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