Impacts of and Responses to Sea-Level Rise

Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 17-51

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40 cm global rise, 2080s and IS92a Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) impact on Asia and Africa; Climate change and sea level rise global mean and relative sea level rise (RSLR) distinction; Coastal Zone Management Subgroup (CZMS) and global costs of sea level rise; Framework and methods sea level rise impact; Global sea level rise, 21st century future greenhouse emissions or "commitment to sea level rise"; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4); RSLR, response to climate change varying from place to place; Sea level rise impact and response; Sea level rise, a threat implications for climate science and policy and coastal management; Sea level rise, threat to low lying coastal areas and human induced global warming issues

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EID: 84885816088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323276.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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