CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL RESOURCES

Regional Studies
General Studies

West, J. Jason, Mitchell J. Small, and Hadi Dowlatabadi. 2001. "Storms, Investor Decisions, and the Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise," Climatic Change, Vol. 48, No. 2-3, February, pp. 317-342. [ABSTRACT]

Nicholls, Robert J., Frank M. J. Hoozemans and Marcel Marchand. 1999. "Increasing flood risk and wetland losses due to global sea-level rise: regional and global analyses," Global Environmental Change,
Vol. 9, Suppl 1, October, pp. S69-S87. [ABSTRACT]

Nicholls, Robert J., and Nobuo Mimura. 1998. "Regional issues raised by sea-level rise and their policy implications," Climate Research, Vol. 11, pp. 5-18. [ABSTRACT]

Titus, James G., and Vijay K. Narayanan. 1995. The Probability of Sea Level Rise. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
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Pernetta, John C. 1992. "Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on small island states: National and international responses," Global Environmental Change, Vol. 2, No. 1, March, pp. 19-31. [ABSTRACT]

Regional and Country Studies

Africa

Jallow, Bubu P., Sekou Toure Malang, M. K. Barrow, and Assa Achy Mathieu. 1999. "Coastal zone of The Gambia and the Abidjan region in Côte d'Ivoire: sea level rise vulnerability, response strategies, and adaptation options," Climate Research, Vol. 12, pp. 129-136. [ABSTRACT]

Egypt

Raey, M. El, Kh. Dewidar, and M. El Hattab. 1999. "Adaptation to the impacts of sea level rise in Egypt," Climate Research, Vol. 12, pp. 117-128. [ABSTRACT]

Asia

Philippines

Perez, Rosa T., Leoncio A. Amadore, and Renato B. Feir. 1999. "Climate change impacts and responses in the Philippines coastal sector," Climate Research, Vol. 12, pp. 97-107. [ABSTRACT]

Australasia

Bell, R.G., T.M. Hume, D.M. Hicks. 2001. Planning for Climate Change Effects on Coastal Margins. Ministry for the Environment: Wellington, New Zealand.
PRT 1: [PDF] http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20change-Coastal%20Margins%20part%201.pdf
PRT 2: [PDF] http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20Change-Coastal%20Margins%20part%20II.pdf

Europe

Estonia

Kont, Are, Urve Ratas, and Elle Puurmann. 1997. "Sea-Level Rise Impact on Coastal Areas of Estonia," Climatic Change, Vol. 36, No. 1-2, May - June, pp. 175-184. [ABSTRACT]

Poland

Zeidler, Ryszard B. 1997. "Climate Change Vulnerability and Response Strategies for the Coastal Zone of Poland," Climatic Change, Vol. 36, No. 1-2, May - June, pp. 151-173. [ABSTRACT]

Latin America

Uruguay

Saizar, Andrés. 1997. "Assessment of impacts of a potential sea-level rise on the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 73-79. [ABSTRACT]

Lorenzo, Eugenio, and Luis Teixeira. 1997. "Sensitivity of storm waves in Montevideo (Uruguay) to a hypothetical climate change," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 81-85. [ABSTRACT]

Venezuela

de Lourdes Olivo, María. 1997. "Assessment of the vulnerability of Venezuela to sea-level rise," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 57-65. [ABSTRACT]

North America

United States

Twilley, Robert R., Eric J. Barron, Henry L. Gholz, et al. 2001. Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region: Prospects for Sustaining Our Ecological Heritage. Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
PDF: http://www.ucsusa.org/publication.cfm?publicationID=78

Neumann, James E., Gary Yohe, Robert Nicholls, and Michelle Manion. 2000. Sea-Level Rise & Global Climate Change: A Review of Impacts to U.S. Coasts. Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Arlington, VA.
PDF: http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/env_sealevel.pdf

Boesch, Donald F., John C. Field, and D Donald Scavia (eds.). 2000. The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change on Coastal Areas and Marine Resources: Report of the Coastal Areas and Marine Resources Sector Team, U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, U.S. Global Change Research Program. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. # 21. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program, Silver Spring, MD.
PDF: http://www.cop.noaa.gov/pubs/coastalclimate.PDF

Thieler, E. Robert and Erika S. Hammar-Klose. 1999. National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: Preliminary Results for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. U.S. Geological Survey.
FULL TEXT: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of99-593/pages/toc.html

Yohe, Gary W., and Michael E. Schlesinger. 1998. "Sea-Level Change: The Expected Economic Cost of Protection Or Abandonment in the United States," Climatic Change, Vol. 38, No. 4, April, pp. 447-472. [ABSTRACT]

Small Island States

Mimura, Nobuo. 1999. "Vulnerability of island countries in the South Pacific to sea level rise and climate change," Climate Research, Vol. 12, pp. 137-143. [ABSTRACT