An analysis of methods for identifying social vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise: a case study of Hampton Roads, Virginia

Natural Hazards

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1089-1117

  Stafford, Sarah ^a   Abramowitz, Jeremy ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Principal component analysis; Resilience; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84991071198     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2622-4     Document Type: Article

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