Sea-level rise impacts and responses: A global perspective

Coastal Research Library

Volumn 1000, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-149

  Brown, Sally ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Woodroffe, Colin D ^b   Hanson, Susan ^a   Hinkel, Jochen ^c,d   Kebede, Abiy S ^a   Neumann, Barbara ^e   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Global Climate Forum (GCF)   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal squeeze; Coastal wetland; Extreme water level; Intertidal wetland; Tide gauge record

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076851999     PISSN: 22110577     EISSN: 22110585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5234-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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