A multi-scale coastal vulnerability index: A tool for coastal managers?

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-248

  McLaughlin, Suzanne ^a   Andrew, J ^b   Cooper, G ^b  

^a Land and Property Services NI   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Coastal management; Coastal vulnerability index; Geographic information systems based index; Vulnerability; Wave induced erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000001696     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0052     Document Type: Article

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