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Spatio-Temporal pattern of coastal flooding due to microclimate change and mangrove deforestation in Semarang and Demak Coastal Area [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The coastal area of Semarang-Demak has a high intensity of economic activity, indicated by the presence of industry, housing, and other socio-economic activities.
Widjonarko, Purnaweni Hartuti, Maryono
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An Index-Based Method to Assess the Resilience of Urban Areas to Coastal Flooding: The Case of Attica, Greece

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The aim of this study is to assess the resilience of coastal urban areas and their exposure to sea-level rise and coastal flooding, using the proposed Coastal Resilience Index (CResI). The CResI is an innovative combination of diverse characteristics. It
Charalampos Nikolaos Roukounis, Vasiliki K. Tsoukala, Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis   +2 more
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From flood science to flood policy: The Foresight Future Flooding Project, seven years on. [PDF]

, 2013
The Foresight Future Flooding (FFF) project researched flood risk in the UK to the year 2100 for central government, using scenarios and a national risk assessment model backed by qualitative analysis from panels of some 45 senior scientists. The purpose
Penning-Rowsell, Edmund, Borthwick, Alistair, Evans, EP, Penning-Rowsell, EC, Hall, Jim, Hall, JW, Borthwick, AGL, Evans, Edward   +7 more
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A global classification of coastal flood hazard climates associated with large-scale oceanographic forcing

Scientific Reports, 2017
Coastal communities throughout the world are exposed to numerous and increasing threats, such as coastal flooding and erosion, saltwater intrusion and wetland degradation.
Ana Rueda, Sean Vitousek, Paula Camus, Antonio Tomás, Antonio Espejo, Inigo J. Losada, Patrick L. Barnard, Li H. Erikson, Peter Ruggiero, Borja G. Reguero, Fernando J. Mendez   +10 more
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Assessing coastal flooding hazard in urban areas: the case of estuarian villages in the city of Hyères-les-Palmiers

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
This study, conducted on the city of Hyéres-les-Palmiers (French Riviera) to guide the future land use planning, aimed to evaluate how sea level rise could modify coastal flooding hazards in urban areas located near small estuaries in a microtidal ...
Le Roy Sylvestre, Stepanian Alexis, Pedreros Rodrigo, Bulteau Thomas, Nicolae-Lerma Alexandre, Balouin Yann   +5 more
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La vulnérabilité face au risque de submersion marine : exposition et sensibilité des communes littorales de la région Pays de la Loire (France)

VertigO, 2014
This article analyses the vulnerability of coastal communities facing coastal flooding hazard, in the region Pays de la Loire (France). This work is related to studies lead after storm Xynthia, 28 February 2010 (Mercier et Acerra, 2011; Przyluski et ...
Elie Chevillot-Miot, Denis Mercier
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Predicting Compound Coastal Flooding in Embayment-Backed Urban Catchments: Seawall and Storm Drain Implications

, 2023
Urban coastal flooding is a global humanitarian and socioeconomic hazard. Rising sea levels will increase the likelihood of hydrologic events interacting with high marine water levels.
T. W. Gallien, Boxiang Tang
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Rising Seas, Rising Inequity? Communities at Risk in the San Francisco Bay Area and Implications for Adaptation Policy

Earth's Future, 2021
Increasing coastal flooding threatens urban centers worldwide. Projections of physical damages to structures and their contents can characterize the monetary scale of risk, but they lack relevant socioeconomic context.
I. Avery Bick, Adrian F. Santiago Tate, Katherine A. Serafin, Alex Miltenberger, Ifeoma Anyansi, Max Evans, Leonard Ortolano, Derek Ouyang, Jenny Suckale   +8 more
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Hydrodynamic Model Tests for Seaweed as a Source of Energy Reduction during Extreme Events

Aquaculture Journal, 2023
One fifth of the world’s population and critical infrastructures are close to the coast and regions of high-risk sea level rise elevation. The last decades have been characterized by increasing extreme events, including storm surges, flooding, coastal ...
Olanrewaju Sulaiman Oladokun
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Coastal Flooding Hazard, Exposure, and Readiness of Buildings in Hong Kong in 2080–2100, and the Implications for Real Estate Management

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
Coastal flooding has been a significant hazard in Hong Kong. Influenced by climate change, extreme coastal flooding events have been frequently observed in the past decades. Nowadays, the real estate sector has increasingly recognized the significance of
Minerva Singh, Xin Cai
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