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Delta Vulnerability

Delta Vulnerability is a socio-hydrological construct that characterizes the susceptibility of deltaic systems to multifaceted stressors arising from environmental change, human intervention, and geomorphological dynamics, distinguished by its explicit integration of physical, ecological, and societal dimensions within low-lying coastal river deltas.

269

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19.3K

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799

Authors

372

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2017–2026

122

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269

Sinking deltas due to human activities

James P. M. Syvitski, Albert J. Kettner, Irina Overeem et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2009 · 2.4K citations

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Profiling risk and sustainability in coastal deltas of the world

Z. D. Tessler, Charles J Vörösmarty, Michael Grossberg et al. · Science · 2015 · 713 citations · Full text

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Climate change: Protect the world's deltas

Liviu Giosan, James P. M. Syvitski, Ștefan Constantinescu et al. · Nature · 2014 · 690 citations

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Nile Delta: Recent Geological Evolution and Human Impact

Daniel Jean Stanley, Andrew G. Warne · Science · 1993 · 634 citations

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Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

L. Wallace Auerbach, S. L. Goodbred, D. R. Mondal et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2014 · 361 citations

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Authors

799

  1. FG
    Fabrice G. Renaud

    Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany

    8 publications · 706 citations

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  2. RJ
    Robert J. Nicholls

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 2.8K citations

    7

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  3. JW
    John W. Day

    Louisiana State University, United States

    6 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. JP
    James P. M. Syvitski

    Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, United States

    6 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. EF
    Efi Foufoula‐Georgiou

    University of Minnesota, United States

    5 publications · 1K citations

    5

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Institutions

372

  1. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    5.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    4K citations

  4. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    10 h-index

    45 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    775 citations

  6. Nanjing University

    Nanjing, China

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    8 h-index

    34 publications

    2.5K citations

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Venues

  1. The Science of The Total Environment

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Ocean & Coastal Management

    11 publications · 596 citations

    11

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  3. Sustainability Science

    7 publications · 691 citations

    7

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  5. Journal of Cleaner Production

    5 publications · 385 citations

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