The Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Erosion in West Africa

The Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Erosion in West Africa

The effects of climate change, from changing precipitation patterns to rising seas, will exacerbate the coastal erosion already affecting West Africa, increasing the exposure and vulnerability of the people and assets located there. Given the impor...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
EMISSION SCENARIOS
COASTAL AREA
EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
EMISSION
DROUGHTS
ECOSYSTEM
CONSERVATION EFFORTS
SUBSIDENCE
CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
SCIENCE
SEAS
DISCHARGE
CLIMATE
FORESTS
PROGRAMS
EMISSIONS
HUMAN ACTIVITY
COASTAL AREAS MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE EVENTS
COASTAL ZONE
COASTAL ESTUARIES
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
EROSION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
SEDIMENT
LAND
ECOSYSTEMS
SALINITY
MANGROVE
COAST
SEA-LEVEL RISE
ESTUARIES
CONSERVATION
POPULATION GROWTH
SHORELINE
FLOODS
CAPACITY
CLIMATE IMPACTS
TEMPERATURES
COASTAL EROSION
SEA-LEVEL
CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS
RAINFALL
LIVELIHOODS
SEA
CLIMATE INFORMATION
SEA LEVELS
EXTREME PRECIPITATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
PRECIPITATION
MANGROVE FORESTS
COASTAL AREAS
STORM SURGE
LAND USE
NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25486933/effects-climate-change-coastal-erosion-west-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24283

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25486933/effects-climate-change-coastal-erosion-west-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24283

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