Coastal vulnerability assessment for Egypt's Mediterranean coast

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 342-355

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a  

^a Damietta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; HAZARDS;

COASTAL VULNERABILITY INDICES; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; NILE DELTA; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEA LEVEL RISE; STEEP SLOPE; TIDAL EFFECTS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84925206626     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2013.845115     Document Type: Article

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