| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
995305
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b749675
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Marchand, M., (Marcel)
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Modelling coastal vulnerability : : design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods /\ door Marcel Marchand.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Amsterdam :: IOS Press,, ©2009.
|
| Series Statement
|
:
|
Deltares select series,; 05
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (x, 247 pages) :: illustrations, maps
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1282600974
|
|
|
:
|
: 1607505215
|
|
|
:
|
: 6612600977
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781282600973
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781607505211
|
|
|
:
|
: 9786612600975
|
|
|
:
|
1607500698
|
|
|
:
|
9781607500698
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references.
|
| 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.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
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.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Coast changes-- Mathematical models.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Coastal zone management.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Coast changes-- Mathematical models.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Coastal zone management.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geography.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geology.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
551.41
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
GB451.2.M23 2009
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
IOS Press.
|
| Parallel Title
|
:
|
Modeling coastal vulnerability
|