Assessment of Coastal Inundation due to Sea-Level Rise along the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 290-304

  Refaat, Mervat M ^a   Eldeberky, Yasser ^b,c  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Egyptian Chinees University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal inundation; digital elevation models; impact assessment; Mediterranean; Nile delta; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [EGYPT]; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84975297458     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2016.1189471     Document Type: Article

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