Climate change, human impacts, and coastal ecosystems in the Anthropocene

Q He, BR Silliman - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise

JD Woodruff, JL Irish, SJ Camargo - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The future impacts of climate change on landfalling tropical cyclones are unclear.
Regardless of this uncertainty, flooding by tropical cyclones will increase as a result of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of quantification methodologies for multi-hazard interrelationships

A Tilloy, BD Malamud, H Winter, A Joly-Laugel - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Globally and yearly, individual hazards and hazard interrelations have the potential to result
in socio-economic losses. Here, in this critical review, we use grey-and peer-review …

Sea level rise and its coastal impacts

A Cazenave, GL Cozannet - Earth's Future, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming in response to accumulation of human‐induced greenhouse gases inside
the atmosphere has already caused several visible consequences, among them increase of …

The importance of digital elevation model selection in flood simulation and a proposed method to reduce DEM errors: a case study in Shanghai

K Xu, J Fang, Y Fang, Q Sun, C Wu, M Liu - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) play a critical role in hydrologic and hydraulic
modeling. Flood inundation mapping is highly dependent on the accuracy of DEMs. Various …

The Tsinghua–Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China

J Yang, JG Siri, JV Remais, Q Cheng, H Zhang… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Over the past four decades, rapid urbanisation in China has brought
unprecedented health benefits to its urban population, but has also created new challenges …

Between a rock and a hard place: environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures

LB Firth, RC Thompson, K Bohn, M Abbiati, L Airoldi… - Coastal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Coastal defence structures are proliferating as a result of rising sea levels and stormier seas.
With the realisation that most coastal infrastructure cannot be lost or removed, research is …

[HTML][HTML] Hard or soft flood adaptation? Advantages of a hybrid strategy for Shanghai

S Du, P Scussolini, PJ Ward, M Zhang, J Wen… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flood risk is expected to increase in coastal cities, particularly in Asian megacities such as
Shanghai. This paper presents an integrated modeling framework to simulate changes in …

Coastal protection from tsunamis and cyclones provided by mangrove wetlands–a review

DE Marois, WJ Mitsch - International Journal of Biodiversity …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Coastal human settlements are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters such
as tsunamis and cyclones. Recent events, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and …

Tracking hidden crisis in India's capital from space: implications of unsustainable groundwater use

S Garg, M Motagh, J Indu, V Karanam - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract National Capital Region (NCR, Delhi) in India is one of the fastest-growing
metropolitan cities which is facing a severe water crisis due to increasing water demand …