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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459287303321

Autore

Marchand M (Marcel)

Titolo

Modelling coastal vulnerability [[electronic resource] ] : design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods / / door Marcel Marchand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, c2009

ISBN

6612600977

1-282-60097-4

9786612600975

1-60750-521-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Deltares select series, , 1877-5608 ; ; 05

Disciplina

551.4/57/0113

Soggetti

Coast changes - Mathematical models

Coastal zone management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Part 3: Evaluation of the modelDissecting the Andhra Pradesh Experience; Test case Red River Delta, Vietnam; Synthesis of the model evaluation; Conclusions and discussion; References; Appendix 1: List of participants in the Expert Panel; Appendix 2: Documentation list of the Andhra Pradesh ICZM study; Appendix 3: List of input files for the EDSS Godavari Delta Application; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae

Sommario/riassunto

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.