A comprehensive risk analysis of coastal zones in China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-31

  Wang, Guanghui ^a,b,c   Liu, Yijun ^a,b   Wang, Hongbing ^a,b   Wang, Xueying ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Science   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Geographical distribution; Risks; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894331405     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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