Effective LiDAR-based modelling and visualisation of managed retreat scenarios for coastal planning: An example from the southern UK

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-174

  Krolik Root, Charles ^a   Stansbury, David L ^a   Burnside, Niall G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal change; Estuarine; Flood modelling; Landscape visualisation; LiDAR; Managed retreat; Sea level rise; Tidal prism

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PRISMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; VISUALIZATION;

COASTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE; FLOOD MODELLING; MANAGED RETREAT; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIDAL PRISM;

FLOODS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIDAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL INLET; TIDAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84934275135     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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