Social vulnerability index for coastal communities at risk to hurricane hazard and a changing climate

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1055-1075

  Bjarnadottir, Sigridur ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Stewart, Mark G ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hurricane risk; Social vulnerability; Surge; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027921480     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9817-5     Document Type: Article

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