Case study: Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Greater Algiers: Overview on a study assessing urban vulnerabilities to disaster risk and proposing measures for adaptation

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-108

  Boughedir, Sara ^a  

^a Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATABASE; GIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

ALGER [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA; ALGIERS;

EID: 84925385730     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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