The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise

Jochen Hinkel (), Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Sally Brown, Jose A. Jiménez, Daniel Lincke, Robert J. Nicholls, Paolo Scussolini, Agustín Sanchez-Arcilla, Athanasios Vafeidis and Kwasi Appeaning Addo
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Jochen Hinkel: Global Climate Forum (GCF)
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sally Brown: University of Southampton
Jose A. Jiménez: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech
Daniel Lincke: Global Climate Forum (GCF)
Robert J. Nicholls: University of Southampton
Paolo Scussolini: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Agustín Sanchez-Arcilla: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech
Athanasios Vafeidis: Christian-Albrechts University Kiel
Kwasi Appeaning Addo: University of Ghana

Nature Climate Change, 2018, vol. 8, issue 7, 570-578

Abstract: Abstract Against the background of potentially substantial sea-level rise, one important question is to what extent are coastal societies able to adapt? This question is often answered in the negative by referring to sinking islands and submerged megacities. Although these risks are real, the picture is incomplete because it lacks consideration of adaptation. This Perspective explores societies’ abilities to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise by integrating perspectives from coastal engineering, economics, finance and social sciences, and provides a comparative analysis of a set of cases that vary in terms of technological limits, economic and financial barriers to adaptation and social conflicts.

Date: 2018
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