Sentences with phrase «adapt coastal infrastructure»

These are generally consultancy work, advising governments and companies on how to build and adapt coastal infrastructure.

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The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

«This study demonstrates that human infrastructure development along coastal areas have long - term consequences on the ability of coastal wetlands to adapt to sea - level rise and other processes that reduce the size of coastal wetlands,» said Talib Oliver - Cabrera, the study's first author and a UM Rosenstiel School Ph.D. student.

Although the United States has significant capacity to adapt to climate change, it will pose challenges for civil society and DoD alike, particularly in light of the nation's extensive coastal infrastructure.

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

The approaches available to help coastal communities adapt to the impacts of climate change fall into three general categories: 1) Protection of people, property and infrastructure is a typical first response.