Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges : A Comparative Analysis of Impacts in Developing Countries
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An increase in sea surface temperature
is evident at all latitudes and in all oceans. The current
understanding is that ocean warming plays a major role in
intensified cyclone activity and heightened storm surges.
The vulnerability of coastlines to intensified storm surges
can be ascertained by overlaying Geographic Information
System information with data on land, population density,
agriculture, urban extent, major cities, wetlands, and gross
domestic product for inundation zones likely to experience
more intense storms and a 1 meter sea-level rise. The
results show severe impacts are likely to be limited to a
relatively small number of countries and a cluster of large
cities at the low end of the international income distribution.
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AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, AGRICULTURE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, BASIN, BULLETIN, CASE STUDIES, CLASSIFICATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE VARIABLES, CLIMATOLOGY, CO2, COAST, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL PLAINS, COASTAL REGIONS, COASTAL WETLANDS, COASTAL ZONE, COASTAL ZONES, CONDENSATION, CROPLAND, CYCLONE ACTIVITY, DAMAGES, DATA SOURCES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIKES, DISASTER, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER RISK, DISASTERS, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE BASINS, DRAINS, EMERGENCY SHELTER, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EVACUATION, FLOOD, FLOODING, FOREST, GDP, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL WARMING, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HUMAN ACTIVITY, HUMAN HEALTH, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, HURRICANE, HURRICANES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INUNDATION, IPCC, LAND AREA, LAND COVER, LAND SURFACE, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LARGE CITIES, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MANGROVES, MOISTURE, MONITORING STATIONS, NATURAL DISASTER, NORTH SEA, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OCEANS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION DATA, POPULATION DENSITY, POTENTIAL IMPACTS, PRECIPITATION, PROGRESS, RAINFALL, RANGES, REGIONAL CLIMATE, RESPECT, RISK ANALYSIS, RIVER, RIVER DELTAS, RURAL POPULATION, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, SEA, SEA LEVEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES, SHORELINE, SLUMS, STORM, STORM SURGE, STORM WATER, STORMS, STREAM, SUBSIDENCE, SURFACE WATER, TROPICAL CYCLONE, TROPICAL CYCLONES, TROPICAL STORMS, TSUNAMIS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBANIZATION, VULNERABILITY, WATERSHEDS, WAVES, WETLAND, WETLAND AREAS, WETLANDS, WILDLIFE, WIND SPEEDS, WINDS, Microdata Set