Coastal vulnerability assessment of Puducherry coast, India, using the analytical hierarchical process

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3291-3311

  Mani Murali, R ^a   Ankita, M ^a   Amrita, S ^b   Vethamony, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COASTAL ZONE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; PUDUCHERRY;

EID: 84890496869     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3291-2013     Document Type: Article

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