ADAPTATION TO FIVE METRES OF SEA LEVEL RISE
There is an unknown but small probability that the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse would imply a 5-6 metre sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implau...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.580.7216 2023-05-15T13:32:27+02:00 ADAPTATION TO FIVE METRES OF SEA LEVEL RISE Richard S. J. Tola Maria Bohnd Thomas E. Downinge Marie-laure Guillerminetf Roger Kaspersond Kate Lonsdalee Claire Maysh Robert J. Nichollsi Er A Gabriele Pfeifleh Marc Poumadereh Ferenc L. Tothg Nassos Vafeidisk Peter E Van Der Werffb I. Hakan Yetkinerl The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2005 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.580.7216 http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/fileadmin/fnu-files/projects/atlantis/annex8.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.580.7216 http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/fileadmin/fnu-files/projects/atlantis/annex8.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/fileadmin/fnu-files/projects/atlantis/annex8.pdf text 2005 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T13:00:44Z There is an unknown but small probability that the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse would imply a 5-6 metre sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implausible scenario, a 5 metre sea level rise in a century, starting in 2030. The case studies combine a series of interviews with experts and stakeholders with a gaming workshop. In the Rhone delta, the most likely option is retreat, with economic losses, perhaps social losses, and maybe ecological gains. In the Thames estuary, the probable outcome is a mix of protection, accommodation and retreat, with parts of the city centre turned into a Venice of London. In the Rhine delta, the initial response would be protection, followed by retreat from the economically less important parts of the country and, probably, from Amsterdam-Rotterdam metropolitan region as well. These impacts are large compared to other climate change impacts, but probably small to the impacts of the same scenario in Text Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Unknown Antarctic Rhone ENVELOPE(158.733,158.733,-79.983,-79.983) West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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There is an unknown but small probability that the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse would imply a 5-6 metre sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implausible scenario, a 5 metre sea level rise in a century, starting in 2030. The case studies combine a series of interviews with experts and stakeholders with a gaming workshop. In the Rhone delta, the most likely option is retreat, with economic losses, perhaps social losses, and maybe ecological gains. In the Thames estuary, the probable outcome is a mix of protection, accommodation and retreat, with parts of the city centre turned into a Venice of London. In the Rhine delta, the initial response would be protection, followed by retreat from the economically less important parts of the country and, probably, from Amsterdam-Rotterdam metropolitan region as well. These impacts are large compared to other climate change impacts, but probably small to the impacts of the same scenario in |
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Richard S. J. Tola Maria Bohnd Thomas E. Downinge Marie-laure Guillerminetf Roger Kaspersond Kate Lonsdalee Claire Maysh Robert J. Nichollsi Er A Gabriele Pfeifleh Marc Poumadereh Ferenc L. Tothg Nassos Vafeidisk Peter E Van Der Werffb I. Hakan Yetkinerl |
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Richard S. J. Tola Maria Bohnd Thomas E. Downinge Marie-laure Guillerminetf Roger Kaspersond Kate Lonsdalee Claire Maysh Robert J. Nichollsi Er A Gabriele Pfeifleh Marc Poumadereh Ferenc L. Tothg Nassos Vafeidisk Peter E Van Der Werffb I. Hakan Yetkinerl ADAPTATION TO FIVE METRES OF SEA LEVEL RISE |
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ADAPTATION TO FIVE METRES OF SEA LEVEL RISE |
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