Vulnerability of Kuwait coast to sea level rise

Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 56-70

  Alsahli, Mohammad M M ^a   AlHasem, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; climate change; coastal environment; Coastal vulnerability index; remote sensing; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT BAY; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84954429105     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2015.1121403     Document Type: Article

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