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GeosciencesIncreasing risks from sea-level rise and other climate impacts call for a focus on physical coastal attributes, emphasising the need for region-specific tools to address the vulnerability of different coastlines.
Zaviša Šimac +2 more
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OceansThis study presents a city-scale physical coastal vulnerability assessment of the 21 km Monrovia coastline (Liberia) using a multi-parameter coastal vulnerability index (CVI).
Titus Karderic Williams +7 more
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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2017 Abstract Coastal dune ecosystems have been severely degraded as a result of excessive natural resource exploitation, urbanisation, industrial growth, and worldwide tourism. Coastal management often requires the use of vulnerability indices to facilitate the decision-making process.
Daniela Ciccarelli +2 more
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Integrated coastal vulnerability index for coastal flooding: A case study of the Croatian coast
Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsThe combination of accelerated urbanization and tourism-related activities, along with frequent coastal flooding, has generated pressure on the coastline of the Republic of Croatia (RH). In this paper, an integrated coastal vulnerability model (ICVI) for
Ivan Marić +5 more
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Coastal Vulnerability Index for Kuwaiti Coast
Journal of Engineering Research, 2022 Kuwait is investing significantly for the development of coastal infrastructures in many of its coastal areas. It is essential to know the vulnerability of the coast of Kuwait for the future sea level rise and other physically influencing parameters.
S. Neelamani +4 more
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2023 Abstract The phenomenon of sea level rise (SLR) in Pangandaran Regency threatens the continuity of human activities such as tourism, fisheries and trade that gives value to coastal regions. The southern coast of Java directly faces the Indian Ocean and sea levels are expected to rise by 2 – 4 mm/year, leaving the Pangandaran Regency ...
RC Maudhi, R E Arhatin, J L Gaol
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Vulnerability assessment of storm surges in the coastal area of Guangdong Province [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2011 Being bordered by the South China Sea and with long coastline, the coastal zone of Guangdong Province is often under severe risk of storm surges, as one of a few regions in China which is seriously threatened by storm surges.
K. Li, G. S. Li
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Coastal vulnerability assessment of Puducherry coast, India, using the analytical hierarchical process [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2013 As a consequence of change in global climate, an increased frequency of natural hazards such as storm surges, tsunamis and cyclones, is predicted to have dramatic affects on the coastal communities and ecosystems by virtue of the devastation they cause ...
R. Mani Murali +3 more
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Assessment of the Vulnerability of the Lucana Coastal Zones (South Italy) to Natural Hazards
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Coasts are highly dynamic and geo-morphologically complex systems that are exposed to several factors such as waves, extreme meteorological events and climate change.
Corinne Corbau +4 more
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Geoadria, 2023 Climate change is an issue of concern and is expected to cause various adverse impacts on human societies in the near and long-term future. Sea-level rise, which is caused by global warming and melting continental ice sheets, in combination with the ...
Paschalis Ramnalis +2 more
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