Community driven coastal management: An example of the implementation of a coastal defence bund on South Uist, Scottish Outer Hebrides

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-37

  Young, Elizabeth ^a,b   Muir, David ^c   Dawson, Alastair ^d   Dawson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EROSION; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

COASTAL CHANGE; COASTAL DEFENCE; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL HAZARD; SHORELINE CHANGE;

FLOODS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FLOODING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL HAZARD;

SCOTLAND; SOUTH UIST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 84901283753     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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