Extending Resilience Assessment to Dynamic System Modeling: Perspectives on Human Dynamics and Climate Change Research

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2018, Pages 1401-1405

  Lam, Nina S N ^a   Qiang, Yi ^b   Li, Kenan ^c   Cai, Heng ^a   Zou, Lei ^a   Mihunov, Volodymyr ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal resilience and sustainability; Community resilience assessment; coupled natural human system modeling; Mississippi River Delta; population changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESILIENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER ALLUVIAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051381298     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI85-281.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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