Sentences with phrase «future coastal population»
Future coastal population growth and exposure to sea - level rise and coastal flooding — A global assessment.
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Flood exposure is increasing in coastal cities owing to growing populations and assets, the changing climate, and subsidence Here we provide a quantification of present and future flood losses in the 136 largest coastal cities.
essay, storm surges from hurricanes and other tropical cyclones have always been a serious problem for coastal - dwellers, and as populations increase, the problem will only become greater in the future.
Thus, through the foreseeable future (very optimistically 2085), other factors will continue to outweigh climate change with respect to human welfare as characterized by (a) mortality for hunger, malaria and coastal flooding, and (b) population at risk for waters stress.