Categorizing social vulnerability patterns in Chinese coastal cities

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Su, Shiliang ^a   Pi, Jianhua ^a   Wan, Chen ^a   Li, Huilei ^a   Xiao, Rui ^a   Li, Binbin ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b He'nan Academy of Engineering of Surveying and Mapping   (China)

Author keywords

Adaption; China; Coastal management; Social vulnerability; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISASTERS; LOSSES;

ADAPTION; CHINA; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

HAZARDS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; HAINAN;

EID: 84938519672     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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