Scenarios for Coastal Vulnerability Assessment

Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-303

  Nicholls, R J ^a   Woodroffe, C D ^b   Burkett, V ^c   Hay, J ^d   Wong, P P ^e   Nurse, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.01217-1     Document Type: Chapter

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