Threshold effects of hazard mitigation in coastal human-environmental systems

Earth Surface Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Lazarus, E D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84941335859     PISSN: 21966311     EISSN: 2196632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-35-2014     Document Type: Article

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