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|a Sea-level rise and coastal vulnerability |h [electronic resource] |b an assessment of Andhra Pradesh coast, India through remote sensing and GIS. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b Springer, |c 2008. |
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|a Journal of Coastal Conservation Volume 12. |
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|a The eustatic sea-level rise due to global warming is
predicted to be about 18 to 59 cm by the 2100 (IPCC 2007),
which necessitates identification and protection of vulnerable
sections of coasts. Assessment of vulnerability level of
Andhra Pradesh (AP) coast as an example is demonstrated
in this study using five physical variables, namely coastal
geomorphology, coastal slope, shoreline change, mean spring
tide range, and significant wave height. A coastal vulnerability
index was prepared by integrating the differentially
weighted rank values of the five variables, based on which
the coastline is segmented into low-, moderate-, high-, and
very high risk categories. About 43% of the 1,030-km-long
AP coast is under very high-risk, followed by another 35%
under high-risk if the sea level rises by ~0.6 m displacing
more than 1.29 million people living within 2.0 m elevation
in 282 villages in the region. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI15061852/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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