Spatially identifying vulnerable communities to climate change impact in South Australia

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1265-1289

  Tan, Yan ^a   Chadbourne, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

GIS; indicator methodology; sea level rise; social exclusion; spatial analysis; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84947485370     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.901306     Document Type: Article

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