Sentences with phrase «analysis of coastal flooding»

Nicholls [13] considered two scenarios of coastal population change in a scenario - based analysis of coastal flooding impacts for the 21st century: First a low - growth scenario, where coastal change was assumed to uniformly follow national change.

Not exact matches

The researchers compiled urban development, flood hazard and census data and overlaid it on a map of the U.S.. Although their analysis shows that Americans in general have become more aware of the risk of floods over the 10 - year study period, the researchers identified several U.S. hot spots where urban development has grown in coastal flood zones including New York City and Miami.

Since 1950, human - caused global sea level rise has tipped the balance to account for two - thirds of coastal flood days in the U.S., according to our latest sea level rise analysis.

The firm link between rising seas and the rising risk of destructive coastal flooding was also reflected in an analysis of the changed odds of Sandy - style inundations.

• Tools, datasets, and land management information to support coastal planning, including better data and resources provided via platforms that improve their usability by decision makers • Linking physical vulnerability with economic analysis, planning, and assessment of adaptation options • Improving understanding of increased risks of and damage from coastal storm surge flooding • Developing risk - management approaches for coastal development and local land - use planning

New analysis looks at the human - caused influence on the number of coastal flood days for various locations across the U.S.

In this context, we develop national projections of the urban and non-urban coastal population on the basis of four environmental and socio - economic scenarios which account for sea - level rise (for the flood plain analysis), population distribution, trends in urbanisation and coastal population growth.

Abstract: An evaluation of analyses sponsored by the predecessor to the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the global impacts of climate change under various mitigation scenarios (including CO2 stabilization at 550 and 750 ppm) coupled with an examination of the relative costs associated with different schemes to either mitigate climate change or reduce vulnerability to various climate - sensitive hazards (namely, malaria, hunger, water shortage, coastal flooding, and losses of global forests and coastal wetlands) indicates that, at least for the next few decades, risks and / or threats associated with these hazards would be lowered much more effectively and economically by reducing current and future vulnerability to those hazards rather than through stabilization.