Sea-level rise and coastal subsidence : causes, consequences, and strategies / edited by John D. Milliman and Bilal U. Haq.

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Book
Language
English
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1996.
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xiv, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • GLOBAL SEA-LEVEL RISE: PAST AND FUTURE / S.C.B. Raper, T.M.L. Wigley, R.A. Warrick: Observed changes in global mean sea level
      • Observed changes in global mean temperature
      • The climate model
      • Factors contributing to sea-level rise
      • Temperature and sea-level rise results
      • LAND SUBSIDENCE IN COASTAL LOWLANDS / Saskia Jelgersma: Geological setting
      • Subsidence in coastal lowlands
      • Methods to control or inhibit induced subsidence
      • RIVER-SEDIMENT INPUTS TO MAJOR DELTAS / Robert H. Meade: Tabulations of discharge data for major rivers
      • Spatial distributions of sediment sources and sinks
      • Temporal variations in river-sediment discharge
      • Storage of sediment in large river systems
      • Human influences on river-sediment loads
      • COASTAL EROSION AND RISING SEA-LEVEL / E.C.F. Bird: Submerging coastlines
      • Coastline changes
      • Cliff erosion
      • Beach erosion
      • Erosion on deltaic coasts
      • Erosion of coastal swamps
      • Erosion of developed coastlines
      • LAND SUBSIDENCE IN BANGKOK DURING 1978-1988 / Prinya Nutalaya et al.: Land subsidence prior to 1978
      • 1978 to 1988
      • Effects of land subsidence
      • Aquifer delineation
      • Source and age of ground water
      • Geotechnical properties of soils
      • Mathematical modeling to predict subsidence and recharge response
      • COASTAL EROSION IN THE GULF OF THAILAND / S. Vongvisessomjai et al.: Oceanographic conditions
      • Coastal morphology
      • NATURE OF SEDIMENT LOAD IN THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER SYSTEMS IN INDIA / V. Subramanian and A.L. Ramanathan: Description of the basins
      • Sediment and water discharge
      • Basin lithology
      • Natural (tectonic) and human impact on sediment load
      • Erosion vs deposition
      • Nature of sediment load --
      • SUBSIDENCE OF THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA DELTA OF BANGLADESH AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE, SEDIMENTATION AND SALINITY PROBLEMS / Mahmood Alam: Geotectonics
      • Depositional sequence
      • Subsidence of the basin and progradation of the delta
      • Floods and drainage problems
      • Effects of recent engineering projects
      • Salinity
      • Sea-level rise
      • TECTONIC, EUSTATIC AND ISOSTATIC CHANGES ALONG THE INDIAN COAST / K.R. Subrahmanya: Quaternary eustatic changes
      • Holocene uplift and subsidence
      • Most recent sea-level changes along the Indian Coast
      • EFFECT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE AND HUMAN ACTIVITY ON THE YANGTZE DELTA, CHINA / Ren Mei-e and J.D. Milliman: The Yangtze River and its delta
      • Sea-Level rise and subsidence
      • Impact of a future sea-level rise and changes in landuse and the Yangtze River
      • RISING SEA-LEVEL AND SUBSIDENCE OF THE NORTHERN NILE DELTA: A CASE STUDY / Mahmoud Kh El-Sayed:
      • The Nile Delta
      • Present-day use of the northern Nile Delta
      • Nile damming and its effect
      • Impact of climate changes and sea-level rise on the Nile Delta
      • Scenario based on present-day assumptions and socio-economic conditions in the Northern Nile Delta
      • Management of the Northern Nile Delta
      • LAND SUBSIDENCE AND SEA-LEVEL RISE: THE CASE OF THE PO DELTA REGION, ITALY / G. Sestini: Historical evolution of the NW Adriatic Coast
      • Subsidence and its impact
      • Impact of changes to river sediment discharge --
      • THE NIGER DELTA AND SEA-LEVEL RISE / A. Chidilbe: Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution
      • General geomorphology
      • Coastal processes
      • Erosion scenario
      • Change in pluvial sediment/water input to the Delta
      • Socio-economic setting
      • SEA-LEVEL RISE AND THE STABILITY OF BARRIER ISLANDS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WADDEN SEA / H. Postma: Post-glacial evolution
      • Present-day conditions
      • Future sea-level rise
      • SUBSIDENCE, SEA-LEVEL RISE, AND WETLAND LOSS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA / J.T. Wells: Geological setting and history
      • Sea-level rise and subsidence
      • Subdeltas and wetland loss
      • The sediment problem
      • Future mitigation: artifical diversions
      • ECONOMIZING HUMAN RESPONSES TO SUBSIDENCE AND RISING SEA LEVEL / J.M. Broadust: Example assessments for Bangladesh and Egypt
      • An extension of crude loss estimates
      • Qualitative considerations
      • Economic considerations in human responses
      • MAN-MADE PROJECTS AND RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL RISE / J.G. de Ronde:
      • General considerations of impacts
      • A preliminary study for the Netherlands
      • Policy analysis
      • IMPACT OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON FLOOD CONTROL IN BANGKOK AND VICINITY / Sanga Sabhasri and Ksemsan Suwarnarat: Flood control plans
      • Impact of upstream agricultural development
      • Land subsidence
      • Sedimention due to the Chao Praya River
      • COASTAL VULNERABILITY: HAZARDS AND STRATEGIES / B.U. Haq and J.D. Milliman: Impacts of accelerated sea-level rise on coastal areas
      • Impacts of sea-level rise
      • Adaptive strategies
      • Examples of action and consequences of inaction.
      ISBN
      • 0792339339 ((HB ; : acid-free paper))
      • 9780792339335 ((HB ; : acid-free paper))
      LCCN
      95052969
      OCLC
      34080126
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