Modeling sea-level rise vulnerability of coastal environments using ranked management concerns

Climatic Change

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-361

  Kane, Haunani H ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a   Frazer, L Neil ^a   Anderson, Tiffany R ^a   Barbee, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FLOODS; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WETLANDS;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL WETLANDS; CONSERVATION ACTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INUNDATION MAPPINGS; MANAGEMENT CONCERNS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; OAHU;

EID: 84933672651     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1377-3     Document Type: Article

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