Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities - A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment

Developed to inform the 2013 National Climate Assessment, this report examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on the coasts of the US. It describes the impacts on natural and human systems, including several major sectors of the US economy, and covers the progress and challenges to planning and implementing adaptation options.

About the author

Virginia Burkett is the Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change at the U.S. Geological Survey. She was formerly Chief of the Forest Ecology Branch at the USGS National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. Margaret Davidson is the director of the NOAA Coastal Services Center and was previously executive director of the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.

Summary

Developed to inform the 2013 National Climate Assessment, this report examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on the coasts of the US. It describes the impacts on natural and human systems. It also covers the progress and challenges to planning and implementing adaptation options.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Burkett, Virginia (EDT)/ Davidson Burkett, Virginia Davidson Burkett, Margaret Davidson
• Assisted by: Virginia Burkett (Editor), Burkett Virginia (Editor), Margaret Davidson (Editor), Davidson Margaret (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2013
• EAN: 9781610914338
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-433-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: National Climate Assessment Re; NCA Regional Input Reports Series; Nca Regional Input Reports; National Climate Assessment Re
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; USA, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, United States of America, USA, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Coastlines