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The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise

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  • Jochen Hinkel

    (Global Climate Forum (GCF)
    Humboldt-University)

  • Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Sally Brown

    (University of Southampton)

  • Jose A. Jiménez

    (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech)

  • Daniel Lincke

    (Global Climate Forum (GCF))

  • Robert J. Nicholls

    (University of Southampton)

  • Paolo Scussolini

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Agustín Sanchez-Arcilla

    (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech
    International Centre for Coastal Resources Research)

  • Athanasios Vafeidis

    (Christian-Albrechts University Kiel)

  • Kwasi Appeaning Addo

    (University of Ghana)

Abstract

Against the background of potentially substantial sea-level rise, one important question is to what extent are coastal societies able to adapt? This question is often answered in the negative by referring to sinking islands and submerged megacities. Although these risks are real, the picture is incomplete because it lacks consideration of adaptation. This Perspective explores societies’ abilities to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise by integrating perspectives from coastal engineering, economics, finance and social sciences, and provides a comparative analysis of a set of cases that vary in terms of technological limits, economic and financial barriers to adaptation and social conflicts.

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  • Jochen Hinkel & Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts & Sally Brown & Jose A. Jiménez & Daniel Lincke & Robert J. Nicholls & Paolo Scussolini & Agustín Sanchez-Arcilla & Athanasios Vafeidis & Kwasi Appeaning Addo, 2018. "The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 8(7), pages 570-578, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:8:y:2018:i:7:d:10.1038_s41558-018-0176-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0176-z
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