The ability of societies to adapt to 21st century sea-level rise

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Hinkel, Jochen, Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H., Brown, Sally, Jimenez, Jose, Lincke, Daniel, Nicholls, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109, Scussolini, Paolo, Sanchez-Arcilla, Agustin, Vafeidis, Athanasios and Addo, Kwasi Appeaning (2018) The ability of societies to adapt to 21st century sea-level rise. Nature Climate Change, 8. 570–578. ISSN 1758-678X

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Abstract

Against the background of possible substantial sea-level rise, an 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 mega-cities. While these risks are real, the picture is incomplete because it lacks consideration of adaptation. This Perspective explores societies’ abilities to adapt to 21st 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 technological limits, and economic, financing, and social conflict barriers to coastal adaptation.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Related URLs:	https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/421728/
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2019 02:22
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 05:34
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73304
DOI:	10.1038/s41558-018-0176-z

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