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Coastal impacts, adaptation, and vulnerabilities

9781597263665

9781610914604

b405218

Coastal impacts, adaptation, and vulnerabilities

[Book]

a technical input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment /

edited by Virginia Burkett, Margaret Davidson.

Washington, DC :

Island Press,

[2012]

National climate assessment regional technical input report series

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction and Context. 1.1 Scope and Purpose. 1.2 Linkages and Overlapping Topics of the NCA. 1.3 Reliance on the Coastal Zone -- 2. Physical Climate Forces. 2.1 Overview of Climate and Sea-level-rise Effects on Coasts. 2.2 Sea-level Rise and Future Scenarios. 2.3 Extreme Events and Future Scenarios. 2.4 Changes in Wave Regimes and Circulation Patterns. 2.5 Relative Vulnerability of Coasts. 2.6 Changes in Precipitation Patterns. 2.7 Temperature Change Impacts with a Focus on Alaska -- 3. Vulnerability and Impacts on Natural Resources. 3.1 Multiple Stressors Interact at the Coast. 3.2 Biota, Habitats, and Coastal Landforms that Are Impacted by Complex Stressor Interactions and Subject to Nonlinear Changes and Tipping Points. 3.3 Conclusions -- 4. Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Development. 4.1 Overview of Impacts on Human Development and Societal Vulnerability. 4.2 Relative Vulnerability, Exposure, and Human Losses. 4.3 Socio-economic Impacts and Implications. 4.4 Human Health Impacts and Implications. 4.5 Implications for Coastal Military Installations and Readiness -- 5. Adaptation and Mitigation. 5.1 Adaptation Planning in the Coastal Zone. 5.2 Coastal Resource Management and Restoration in the Context of Climate Change. 5.3 Tools and Resources. 5.4 Coastal Mitigation Opportunities -- 6. Information Gaps and Science Needed to Support Sustainable Coasts. 6.1 Science Research Needs to Support Sustainable Coastal Management.

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Climatic changes.

Environmental sciences.

Geology.

Oceanography.

Wildlife management.

Burkett, Virginia.

Davidson, Margaret.

SpringerLink (Online service).

20190301075600.0

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