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Evaluation of dynamic coastal response to sea-level rise modifies inundation likelihood

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  • Erika E. Lentz

    (US Geological Survey)

  • E. Robert Thieler

    (US Geological Survey)

  • Nathaniel G. Plant

    (US Geological Survey)

  • Sawyer R. Stippa

    (US Geological Survey)

  • Radley M. Horton

    (Center for Climate Systems Research, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)

  • Dean B. Gesch

    (US Geological Survey)

Abstract

A model that evaluates the likelihood of coastal inundation (flooding) and dynamical response (adaptation) as sea levels rise shows that, for the northeastern US, about 70% of the coast has some capacity to respond dynamically and alter inundation risk.

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  • Erika E. Lentz & E. Robert Thieler & Nathaniel G. Plant & Sawyer R. Stippa & Radley M. Horton & Dean B. Gesch, 2016. "Evaluation of dynamic coastal response to sea-level rise modifies inundation likelihood," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(7), pages 696-700, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:7:d:10.1038_nclimate2957
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2957
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    1. Lilai Xu & Shengping Ding & Vilas Nitivattananon & Jianxiong Tang, 2021. "Long-Term Dynamic of Land Reclamation and Its Impact on Coastal Flooding: A Case Study in Xiamen, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Frankie St. Amand & Daniel H. Sandweiss & Alice R. Kelley, 2020. "Climate-driven migration: prioritizing cultural resources threatened by secondary impacts of climate change," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 103(2), pages 1761-1781, September.
    3. Pramod K. Singh & Konstantinos Papageorgiou & Harpalsinh Chudasama & Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou, 2019. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Climate Change Adaptations in the World’s Largest Mangrove Ecosystem," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-17, November.
    4. Lichun Sui & Jun Wang & Xiaomei Yang & Zhihua Wang, 2020. "Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Coastline Changes in Indonesia from 1990 to 2018," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-28, April.
    5. Pablo Fraile-Jurado & José I. Álvarez-Francoso & Emilia Guisado-Pintado & Noela Sánchez-Carnero & José Ojeda-Zújar & Stephen P. Leatherman, 2017. "Mapping inundation probability due to increasing sea level rise along El Puerto de Santa María (SW Spain)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 87(2), pages 581-598, June.

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