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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies

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  1. John D. Milliman

    1. School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, USA

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  2. Bilal U. Haq

    1. Bethesda, USA

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Part of the book series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins (CSCM, volume 2)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Towards Meaningful Strategies

    1. Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Towards Meaningful Strategies

      • John D. Milliman, Bilal U. Haq
      Pages 1-9

  3. Processes and Problems

    1. Global Sea-level Rise: Past and Future

      • S. C. B. Raper, T. M. L. Wigley, R. A. Warrick
      Pages 11-45

    2. Land Subsidence in Coastal Lowlands

      • Saskia Jelgersma
      Pages 47-62

    3. River-Sediment Inputs to Major Deltas

      • Robert H. Meade
      Pages 63-85

    4. Coastal Erosion and Rising Sea-Level

      • Eric C. F. Bird
      Pages 87-103

  4. Case Studies

    1. Land Subsidence in Bangkok during 1978–1988

      • Prinya Nutalaya, R. N. Yong, Thongchai Chumnankit, Somkid Buapeng
      Pages 105-130

    2. Coastal Erosion in the Gulf of Thailand

      • S. Vongvisessomjai, R. Polsi, C. Manotham, D. Srisaengthong, S. Charulukkana
      Pages 131-150

    3. Nature of Sediment Load in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Systems in India

      • V. Subramanian, A. L. Ramanathan
      Pages 151-168

    4. Subsidence of the Ganges—Brahmaputra Delta of Bangladesh and Associated Drainage, Sedimentation and Salinity Problems

      • Mahmood Alam
      Pages 169-192

    5. Tectonic, Eustatic and Isostatic Changes along the Indian Coast

      • K. R. Subrahmanya
      Pages 193-203

    6. Effect of Sea-Level Rise and Human Activity on the Yangtze Delta, China

      • Ren Mei-e, John D. Milliman
      Pages 205-214

    7. Rising Sea-Level and Subsidence of the Northern Nile Delta: A Case Study

      • Mahmoud Kh. El-Sayed
      Pages 215-233

    8. Land Subsidence and Sea-Level Rise: The Case of the Po Delta Region, Italy

      • G. Sestini
      Pages 235-248

    9. The Niger Delta and Sea-Level Rise

      • A. Chidi Ibe
      Pages 249-267

    10. Sea-Level Rise and the Stability of Barrier Islands, with special reference to the Wadden Sea

      • H. Postma
      Pages 269-280

    11. Subsidence, Sea-Level Rise, and Wetland Loss in the Lower Mississippi River Delta

      • John T. Wells
      Pages 281-311

  5. Strategies

    1. Economizing Human Responses to Subsidence and Rising Sea Level

      • James M. Broadus
      Pages 313-325

    2. Man-Made Projects and Relative Sea-Level Rise

      • J. G. de Ronde
      Pages 327-342

    3. Impact of Sea Level Rise on Flood Control in Bangkok and Vicinity

      • Sanga Sabhasri, Ksemsan Suwarnarat
      Pages 343-356
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About this book

Greenhouse-induced climate warming increasingly appears to be a reality, and the warming climate will be accompanied by an accelerated sea level rise - as much as 60-100 cm over the next century. What is commonly absent in the discussion of rising sea level, however, is the role played by the subsidence of low-lying coastal areas, which can have a far greater local effect than the eustatic rise of the sea. The combined sea-level rise and land subsidence will almost certainly make the greatest impact on coastal societies in the densely populated regions of southern Asia, but its effects will be felt globally.
This volume explores the concepts of sea-level rise and coastal subsidence, both natural and anthropogenically accelerated, in the form of a series of case studies in such diverse locations as Bangkok, Bangladesh, Venice, and the Niger and Mississippi deltas, as well as a discussion of the economic, engineering and policy responses that must be considered if the effects of local sea-level rise are to be mitigated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, USA

    John D. Milliman

  • Bethesda, USA

    Bilal U. Haq

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies

  • Editors: John D. Milliman, Bilal U. Haq

  • Series Title: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8719-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3933-5Published: 29 February 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4672-7Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8719-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1384-6434

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 370

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Sedimentology, Ecotoxicology, Hydrogeology

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