Sea-level rise and sub-county population projections in coastal Georgia

Population and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-62

  Hauer, Mathew E ^a   Evans, Jason M ^b   Alexander, Clark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hammer method; Housing unit method; Population projections; Sea level rise; Sub county

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940724783     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-015-0233-8     Document Type: Article

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