Evaluation of coastal protection strategies for lowlands in respect of climate change

34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1218-1225

  Niemeyer, Hanz D ^a   Kaiser, Ralf ^a   Knaack, Heiko ^a   Dissanayake, Pushpa ^a   Miani, Marco ^a   Elsebach, Johanna ^a   Berkenbrink, Cordula ^a   Herrling, Gerald ^a   Ritzmann, Anne ^a  

^a Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal protection strategies; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WATER RESOURCES;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; COASTAL LOWLAND; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL STRUCTURES; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE; SEA LEVEL RISE; STORM SURGES;

SHORE PROTECTION;

EID: 84918559793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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