The Impact of Rising Sea Levels

Paper Summary:

The author of the paper, in the light of global warming, climate change and rising sea levels, examines existing literature that deals with the problems that will be faced by coastal settlements and low-lying countries as water levels rise.

Outline:
Global Warming
Impacts of Global Warming
Sea Level Rise
Examples of Resort Cities Affected by Sea Level Rise
Impact of Rise in Sea Level in Venice
References

From the Paper:

"The Netherlands are preparing to face a future behind a massive seawall, but the additional $10 billion to $25 billion in flood and sea defenses over the next century will have a tremendous effect on the economy of that country. The farmlands are depending on dikes and floodgates to protect them and an atmosphere of stress pervades the land. In 1953 a storm surge drowned 2,000 people, a 1955 flood forced 200,000 people and many more animals from the inundated lands. Heavy rains threaten to drown the countryside if huge pumping stations do not lift flood water over the seawalls. Today, Holland seems to be giving in to the sea. Tourist trade is dwindling, and plans to allow the Meuse and Rhine rivers to drain into the land will let more marshlands and forests to take over what is now farmland, commercial parks and towns."

Sample of Sources Used:

• BBC. (2005). Mexico reels under force of Wilma. BBC News. 22 Oct 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2008 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4366390.stm.
• Broad, W.J. (2005). In Europe, high-tech flood control, with nature's help. New York Times. Science Section, 6 Sep 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2008 from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/science/06tech.html?scp=7&sq=Venice&st=nyt.
• EPA (2007). 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 23, 2008 from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ipcc2007.html.
• Keahy, J. (2002). Venice Against the Sea: A City Besieged. New York: Dunne Books.
• Reuters. (2006). Swiss hostel offers view of crumbling peak as glacier retreats (Grindenwald, Switzerland). New York Times. 11 Aug 2006.

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