Dasgupta, SusmitaLaplante, BenoitMurray, SiobhanWheeler, David2012-03-192012-03-192009-04-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4095An increase in sea surface temperature is evident at all latitudes and in all oceans. The current understanding is that ocean warming plays a major role in intensified cyclone activity and heightened storm surges. The vulnerability of coastlines to intensified storm surges can be ascertained by overlaying Geographic Information System information with data on land, population density, agriculture, urban extent, major cities, wetlands, and gross domestic product for inundation zones likely to experience more intense storms and a 1 meter sea-level rise. The results show severe impacts are likely to be limited to a relatively small number of countries and a cluster of large cities at the low end of the international income distribution.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LAND USEAGRICULTUREATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC PRESSUREBASINBULLETINCASE STUDIESCLASSIFICATIONCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE VARIABLESCLIMATOLOGYCO2COASTCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL PLAINSCOASTAL REGIONSCOASTAL WETLANDSCOASTAL ZONECOASTAL ZONESCONDENSATIONCROPLANDCYCLONE ACTIVITYDAMAGESDATA SOURCESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIKESDISASTERDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER RISKDISASTERSDRAINAGEDRAINAGE BASINSDRAINSEMERGENCY SHELTEREPIDEMIOLOGYEVACUATIONFLOODFLOODINGFORESTGDPGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL WARMINGGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHUMAN ACTIVITYHUMAN HEALTHHUMAN SETTLEMENTSHURRICANEHURRICANESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINUNDATIONIPCCLAND AREALAND COVERLAND SURFACELAND USELAND-USE PLANNINGLARGE CITIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMANGROVESMOISTUREMONITORING STATIONSNATURAL DISASTERNORTH SEANUMBER OF PEOPLEOCEANSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DENSITYPOTENTIAL IMPACTSPRECIPITATIONPROGRESSRAINFALLRANGESREGIONAL CLIMATERESPECTRISK ANALYSISRIVERRIVER DELTASRURAL POPULATIONSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCESEASEA LEVELSEA LEVEL RISESEA SURFACE TEMPERATURESEA SURFACE TEMPERATURESSEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURESEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURESSHORELINESLUMSSTORMSTORM SURGESTORM WATERSTORMSSTREAMSUBSIDENCESURFACE WATERTROPICAL CYCLONETROPICAL CYCLONESTROPICAL STORMSTSUNAMISURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATION GROWTHURBANIZATIONVULNERABILITYWATERSHEDSWAVESWETLANDWETLAND AREASWETLANDSWILDLIFEWIND SPEEDSWINDSMicrodata SetWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4901