Coastal erosion, California. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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Most of America’s urban infrastructure is coastal. Of the 25 most densely populated U.S. cities, 23 are along a coast. And two of the biggest threats from climate change are increasingly intense storms and rising sea levels…
Too Big to Flood? Megacities Face Future of Major Storm Risk, Yale E 360 (Uploaded 01-12-2013)
As economic activity and populations continue to expand in coastal urban areas, particularly in Asia, hundreds of trillions of dollars of infrastructure, industrial and office buildings, and homes are increasingly at risk from intensifying storms and rising sea levels…
Future Flood Losses in Major Coastal Cities: Costly Projections, Science Daily (Uploaded 09-19-2013)
