Guidance for Developing Coastal Vulnerability Metrics

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1521-1530

  Wamsley, Ty V ^a   Collier, Zachary A ^a   Brodie, Katherine ^a   Dunkin, Lauren M ^a   Raff, David ^b   Rosati, Julie D ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; climate change; Exposure; nature based features; resilience; risk; sea level rise; sensitivity; storms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM DAMAGE; THUNDERSTORM; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84947569774     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00015.1     Document Type: Article

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