A regional risk assessment framework for climate change coastal impacts evaluation

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 741-752

  Torresan, Silvia ^a   Critto, Andrea ^a,b   Valle, Matteo Dalla ^b   Harvey, Nick ^c   Marcomini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COASTAL ZONES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GIS BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84900829419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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