This paper provides an overview of the latest developments in methodologies for assessing the vulnerability of coastal … zones to climate change at regional and local scales. The focus of vulnerability assessment in coastal zones used to be on … variables that play a part in determining coastal vulnerability, as well as non-climatic developments. The paper presents a …

examines the regional differences in the vulnerability of Mediterranean coastal zones from existing studies and projections for …

successfully modelling the inter-site variation in predictors. The present study employs a geographical information system (GIS) to … target sites. The paper applies Poisson regression techniques to a set of GIS derived explanatory variables predicting … arrivals and consumer surplus estimates at a single target woodland recreation site. GIS techniques are then used to define a …

, political systems, historical experience, economic and environmental vulnerability, ecological fragility, the types of risks … analyses the geographical, historical, economic, tourism-oriented and institutional characteristics, as well as vulnerability …

reach significant values, reduce city vulnerability and prevent lock-ins in under-optimal situations. …