An application for regional coastal erosion processes in urban areas: A Case Study Of The Golden Horseshoe in Canada

Land

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 595-608

  Vaz, Eric ^a   Bowman, Lisa ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; GIS; Golden horseshoe; Land use change; Toronto

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015515948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land2040595     Document Type: Article

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