Assessing the relevance of wetlands for storm surge protection: a coupled hydrodynamic and geospatial framework

Natural Hazards

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 839-861

  Haddad, Jana ^a   Lawler, Seth ^a   Ferreira, Celso M ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Hydrodynamic modeling; Spatial scales; Storm surge; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; WETLAND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84952299846     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2000-7     Document Type: Article

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