Vulnerability and adaptation to extreme coastal flooding: An example from the south ford area, scottish outer hebrides

Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013: From Sea to Shore - Meeting the Challenges of the Sea

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-32

  Muir, David ^a   Dawson, Alastair G ^b   Gagnon, Alexandre S ^c   O'Mahony, Cathal ^d  

^a Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Isle of Benbecula ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; BRIDGES; CAUSEWAYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION; STORMS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LOCAL ADAPTIVE CAPACITIES; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84961784194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1680/fsts.59757.0022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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