Coastal Sea Levels, Impacts and Adaptation

• 1. Verfasser: Ivan Haigh (Ed.) (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Thomas Wahl (Ed.) (auth), Jan Even Øie Nilsen (Ed.) (auth), Sally Brown (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Schlagworte: 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
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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 contr...