Adaptations of Coastal Cities to Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Endemic Hazards

by Frederic R. Siegel

This book discusses the identification of, solutions to, and management of threats to high population coastal cities and their seaports from global warming, climate change and endemic hazards. These include prevention of sea water intrusion of freshwater coastal aquifers, emplacement of barriers that mitigate the threats from sea level rise, and inundation of urban centers plus those from storm surges that cause flooding and salination of inshore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030226689
• ISBN13: 9783030226688
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"