Vulnerability assessment of the coastal wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary, China to sea-level rise

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-51

  Cui, Lifang ^a   Ge, Zhenming ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a   Zhang, Liquan ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal squeeze; Coastal wetlands; Sea level rise; Vulnerability assessment; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 85027954571     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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