Regional Risk Assessment addressing the impacts of climate change in the coastal area of the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia)

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 455-476

  Rizzi, Jonathan ^a,b   Gallina, Valentina ^b   Torresan, Silvia ^a   Critto, Andrea ^a,b   Gana, Slim ^c   Marcomini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c SAROST Engineering   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal zones; Geographic Information System; Multi Criteria Decision Analysis; Regional Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949578041     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0344-2     Document Type: Article

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