Information for Australian Impact and Adaptation Planning in response to Sea-level Rise

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-149

  McInnes, Kathleen L ^a   Church, John ^a   Monselesan, Didier ^a   Hunter, John R ^a,b   O'Grady, Julian G ^a   Haigh, Ivan D ^c,d   Zhang, Xuebin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXTREME EVENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84946725145     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6501.009     Document Type: Article

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