Developing a Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Coastal City Sustainability, Mitigation, and Adaptation: A Case Study of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Coastal hazards are an urgent issue of global concern considering the increasing population pressure in coastal regions, retreating coastlines, and rising seawater levels. Here we demonstrate the process of assessing the vulnerability of a coastal urban environment using the case of Kuala Terengganu...

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Published in:Land (Basel) 2021-11, Vol.10 (11), p.1271
Main Authors: Bagheri, Milad, Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina, Akhir, Mohd Fadzil, Talaat, Wan Izatul Asma Wan, Oryani, Bahareh, Rezania, Shahabaldin, Wolf, Isabelle D., Pour, Amin Beiranvand
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Analytic hierarchy process
Beaches
Case studies
Cities
Climate change
coastal city
Coastal hazards
Coastal zone
Coasts
Decision making
Delphi method
Delphi-AHP model
Economic impact
erosion
Evaluation
Floods
Geographic information systems
GIS
Hazard mitigation
humans
land
Land use
Malaysia
Planning
Population growth
population pressure
Rain
Remote sensing
risk assessment
Sea level
Seawater
Soil erosion
Storm damage
Tourism
Uncertainty
urban areas
Urban environments
vulnerability index
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