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Rising Sea Levels, Helping Decision-Makers Confront the Inevitable

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dc.contributor.author A. Halla, John
dc.contributor.author P. Weaver, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Obeysekera, Jayantha
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-09T01:12:51Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-09T01:12:51Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2019.1551012 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1533
dc.description 25 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract Sea-level rise (SLR) is not just a future trend; it is occurring now in most coastal regions across the globe. It thus impacts not only longrange planning in coastal environments, but also emergency preparedness. Its inevitability and irreversibility on long time scales, in addition to its spatial non-uniformity, uncertain magnitude and timing, and capacity to drive non-stationarity in coastal flooding on planning and engineering timescales, create unique challenges for coastal riskmanagement decision processes. This review assesses past United States federal efforts to synthesize evolving SLR science in support of coastal risk management. In particular, it outlines the: (1) evolution in global SLR scenarios to those using a risk-based perspective that also considers low-probability but high-consequence outcomes, (2) regionalization of the global scenarios, and (3) use of probabilistic approaches. It also describes efforts to further contextualize regional scenarios by combining local mean sea-level changes with extreme water level projections. Finally, it offers perspectives on key issues relevant to the future uptake, interpretation, and application of sea. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries volume 47;No. 2
dc.subject coastal risk management; extreme water levels; managing uncertainty; regional/local sea-level rise scenarios; risk based approach en_US
dc.title Rising Sea Levels, Helping Decision-Makers Confront the Inevitable en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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