GIS-based methodology for erosion risk assessment of the muddy coast in the Yangtze Delta

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-108

  Li, Xing ^a,b   Zhou, Yunxuan ^b   Tian, Bo ^b   Kuang, Runyuan ^c   Wang, Lihua ^d  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Coastal erosion; Hazard; Risk; The Yangtze Delta; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMICS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; RISKS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ASSESSMENT; COASTAL EROSION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS; YANGTZE DELTA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925500196     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.09.028     Document Type: Article

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