Deltaic coasts under climate-relate catastrophic events - Insights from the Save River delta, Mozambique

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-340

  Massuanganhe, Elídio A ^a,b   Macamo, Célia ^b   Westerberg, Lars Ove ^a   Bandeira, Salomão ^b   Mavume, Alberto ^b   Ribeiro, Eunice ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coastal management; Cyclones; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CYCLONE; DELTA; SUSTAINABILITY;

MOZAMBIQUE; SAVA BASIN;

EID: 84941279827     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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