Vulnerability assessment of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast to climate change

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Damietta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal vulnerability index; Remote sensing; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; URBAN GROWTH;

COASTAL RESOURCES; COASTAL VULNERABILITY INDICES; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SHORELINE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84950314535     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4835-3     Document Type: Article

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