Impacts of sea-level rise-induced erosion on the Catalan coast

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 593-603

  Jiménez, José A ^a   Valdemoro, Herminia I ^a   Bosom, Eva ^a   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal management; Erosion; Protection; Tourism; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988328402     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-1052-x     Document Type: Article

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