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List of contributors | |
Preface | |
Abbreviations list | |
Overview | |
Climate and sea level change: a synthesis | |
Data | |
Mean sea level changes in the recent past | |
Recent global sea levels and land levels | |
Improving sea level data | |
Global absolute sea level: the Hawaiian and US Atlantic coast-Bermuda regional networks | |
Long-term changes in eustatic sea level | |
Projections | |
Future changes in global mean temperature and sea level | |
Possible future contributions to sea level change from small glaciers | |
Possible changes in the mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and their effects on sea level | |
The Antarctic Peninsula contribution to future sea level rise | |
Model projections of CO2-induced equilibrium climate change | |
Observational data on the relationships between climatic change and the frequency and magnitude of severe tropical storms | |
Impacts and Case Studies | |
Geographic information systems and future sea level rise | |
The storm surge problem and possible effects of sea level changes on coastal flooding in the Bay of Bengal | |
Geographical complexities of detailed impact assessment for the Ganges-Brahmaputra Meghna delta of Bangladesh | |
Possible impacts of, and adjustments to, sea level rise | |
the cases of Bangladesh and Egypt | |
Impacts of sea level rise on coastal systems with special emphasis son the Mississippi River deltaic plain | |
Sea level rise: assessing the problems | |
Adjustment to greenhouse gas induced sea level rise on the Norfolk coast - a case study | |
What will happen to The Netherlands if sea level rise accelerates? | |
The vulnerability of the east coast of South America to sea level rise and possible adjustment strategies | |
Future sea level rise in Hong Kong and possible environmental effects | |
Summaries and Recommendations | |
Sea level changes | |
Severe tropical storms and storm surges | |
Regional effects of sea level rise | |
Annex: Global mean temperature and sea level projections under the 1992 IPCC emissions scenarios | |
Index | |
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