Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 996-1005

  Blankespoor, Brian ^a   Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Laplante, Benoit ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; GIS; Sea level rise; Valuation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; SEA; WETLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84896411562     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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