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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, 2
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Greenhouse-induced climate warming increasingly appears to be a
reality, and the warming climate will be accompanied by an
accelerated sea level rise - as much as 60-100 cm over the next
century. What is commonly absent in the discussion of rising sea
level, however, is the role played by the subsidence of low-lying
coastal areas, which can have a far greater local effect than the
eustatic rise of the sea. The combined sea-level rise and land
subsidence will almost certainly make the greatest impact on
coastal societies in the densely populated regions of southern
Asia, but its effects will be felt globally. This volume explores
the concepts of sea-level rise and coastal subsidence, both natural
and anthropogenically accelerated, in the form of a series of case
studies in such diverse locations as Bangkok, Bangladesh, Venice,
and the Niger and Mississippi deltas, as well as a discussion of
the economic, engineering and policy responses that must be
considered if the effects of local sea-level rise are to be
mitigated.
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