COASTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX DEVELOPMENT: A REVIEW
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2194-9034
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-4-w16-229-2019