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|a Climate change impacts on international seaports |h [electronic resource] |b knowledge, perceptions, and planning efforts among port administrators. |
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|a Seaports are located in vulnerable areas to climate change impacts: on
coasts susceptible to sea-level rise and storms or at mouths of rivers susceptible to
flooding. They serve a vital function within the local, regional, and global economy.
Their locations in the heart of sensitive estuarine environments make it an imperative
to minimize the impacts of natural hazards. Climate impacts, like a projected SLR of
.6 m to 2 m and doubling of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes by 2100, will result in more
extreme events at many seaports. To assess the current state of knowledge on this
issue, we surveyed port authorities from around the world about how administrators
felt climate change might impact their operations, what sea-level change would
create operational problems, and how they planned to adapt to new environmental
conditions. The planned rapid expansion of ports reported by the survey respondents
indicates that adaptation measures should be considered as ports construct new
infrastructure that may still be in use at the end of the century. Respondents
agreed that the ports community needs to address this issue and most felt relatively
uninformed about potential climate impacts. Although most ports felt that SLR
would not be an issue at their port this century, sea-level rise was nevertheless an
issue of great concern. Our results suggest opportunities for the scientific community to engage with port practitioners to prepare proactively for climate change impacts
on this sector. |
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