Impact of sea level rise on society

Report (1987)

Authors

Contributors

G. Baarse (contributor)
W.J. Wolff (contributor)
T. Goemans (contributor)
W. van der Kley (contributor)
A. Volker (contributor)
R.H. Funck (contributor)
L.H. Klaassen (contributor)
F.R. Rijsberman (contributor)
E. Allersma (contributor)
H.A. Becker (contributor)
J.G. Titus (contributor)
H. Tennekes (contributor)
P.L. Woodworth (contributor)
R.S. Chen (contributor)
J.W. Day (contributor)
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1987

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Abstract

Report of a project planning session in Delft (29-29/8/1986) and contains: Framework of analysis and recommendations; policy analysis; an outline of the contributions to the workshop; the lower countries and a higher Atlantic; The cause and effects of sea level rise; sea level rise on the awakening Earth; the data acquisition of trends observed in global mean sea level; estimating the impact of inundation; implications from the Mississippi delta; Ecological effects of a rapid relative increase of sea level; Some policy-oriented observations concerning sea level rise; Evaluations of the impacts of three scenarios of sea level rise on flood protection in the Netherlands; Impact of a rapid rise of the sea level on flood protection and water management of low-lying coastal areas; Economic impacts of sea level rise and the evaluation of counter-strategy scenarios; some societal consequences of sea level rise.