Coastal Sea Levels, Impacts and Adaptation

• Autore principale: Ivan Haigh (Ed.) (auth)
• Altri autori: Thomas Wahl (Ed.) (auth), Jan Even Øie Nilsen (Ed.) (auth), Sally Brown (Ed.) (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Soggetti: waves; risk management; coastal vulnerability and impacts; governance and socio-economic change; mean sea level rise and variability; storm surges; adaptation; extreme value analysis; tides
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Riassunto

Extreme sea levels can lead to hazardous events, such as coastal flooding, erosion, or salt water intrusion, with-wide ranging environmental, societal, and economic consequences. In combination with climate-driven sea-level rise, and, potentially, additional changes in storminess, dynamic wave contributions, and tidal dynamics, the adverse consequences of extreme oceanographic events are expected to escalate in many regions. Integrated coastal zone impact assessments can guide the decisions on the adaptive responses to these changes in the physical environment and for the socioeconomic development of the local communities.

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (VI, 334 p.)

ISBN

9783038428473
9783038428480

Accesso

Open Access