Flooding hazard in the Tagus estuarine area: The challenge of scale in vulnerability assessments

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-255

  Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira ^a   dos Santos, Pedro Pinto ^a   Freire, Paula ^b   Fortunato, André Bustorff ^b   Rilo, Ana ^b   Sá, Luís ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c National Authority for Civil Protection   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flood; Local scale; Storm surge; Tagus estuary; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FLOODING; HAZARD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; SEA LEVEL; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84937948669     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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