Modelling coastal vulnerability : design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marchand, M. (Marcel)
Imprint:	Amsterdam : IOS Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Deltares select series, 1877-5608 ; 05 Deltares select series ; v. 5.
Subject:	Coast changes -- Mathematical models. Coastal zone management. Coast changes -- Mathematical models. Coastal zone management. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205673

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Varying Form of Title:	Modeling coastal vulnerability
Other authors / contributors:	IOS Press.
ISBN:	9781607505211 1607505215 1282600974 9781282600973 9781607500698 1607500698 6612600977 9786612600975
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Models that explore vulnerability under various planned and unplanned conditions hardly exist. This title focuses on the vulnerability of societies in low lying coastal and deltaic environments to tropical cyclonic storms and floods.
Other form:	Print version: Marchand, M. (Marcel). Modelling coastal vulnerability. Amsterdam : IOS Press, ©2009 9781607500698 1607500698

Table of Contents:

Title page; Preface; Contents; Summary; Samenvatting; Introduction; Coastal hazards, damage and human suffering; Coastal vulnerability and disaster management; The need for new knowledge and tools; The differential nature of vulnerability; Research objective; Research questions; The research strategy; Structure of the thesis; Part 1: Describing the Experience; Design and application of an Expert Decision Support System (EDSS) for coastal Andhra Pradesh; Part 2: Literature Study; Defining vulnerability; Choices in integrated modelling; Policy Analysis: linking context with content.

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