Storminess and geo-hydrological events affecting small coastal basins in a terraced Mediterranean environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 532, Issue , 2015, Pages 208-219

  Cevasco, Andrea ^a   Diodato, Nazzareno ^b,c   Revellino, Paola ^b   Fiorillo, Francesco ^b   Grelle, Gerardo ^b   Guadagno, Francesco M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c Met European Research Observatory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Extreme precipitation events; Geo hydrological hazard; Land use planning; Rainfall intensity; Storm erosivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EROSIVITY; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; LAND USE PLANNING; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

STORMS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EXTREME EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOHYDROLOGICAL EVENT; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STORM EROSIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREND STUDY; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84930959971     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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