A Mediterranean coastal database for assessing the impacts of sea-level rise and associated hazards

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Volumn 5, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Wolff, Claudia ^a   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^a   Muis, Sanne ^b   Lincke, Daniel ^c   Satta, Alessio ^d   Lionello, Piero ^e,f   Jimenez, Jose A ^g   Conte, Dario ^e   Hinkel, Jochen ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c Global Climate Forum   (Germany)

^d Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation   (Italy)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 85044627994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.44     Document Type: Article

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