Adaptation strategies to maintain dunes as flexible coastal flood defense in The Netherlands

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 913-928

  Keijsers, Joep G S ^a   Giardino, Alessio ^b   Poortinga, Ate ^a   Mulder, Jan P M ^b,c   Riksen, Michel J P M ^a   Santinelli, Giorgio ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Dune erosion; Dune growth; Flood prevention; Nourishment; Sea level rise; Sediment budget; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; STORM SURGE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84938987744     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9579-y     Document Type: Article

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