Climate change risk assessment for coastal management

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 91-102

  Torresan, Silvia ^a   Critto, Andrea ^a,b   Tonino, Marco ^b   Alberighi, Enrico ^a   Pizzol, Lisa ^a,b   Santoro, Francesca ^a,b   Marcomini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; EROSION; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY VARIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84900818059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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