Adaptations of Coastal Cities to Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Endemic Hazards

ISBN-13: 9783030226688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 86 str.

Frederic R. Siegel

Opis

This book discusses the identification of, solutions to, and management of threats to high population coastal cities and their seaports from global warming, climate change and endemic hazards.

Spis treści

Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Arresting/Controlling Salt Water Contamination Of Coastal Aquifers.- Chapter3. Structures That Protect Sea Coast Populations, Assets, And GDPs: Sea Dikes, Breakwaters, Sea Walls.- Chapter4. Coastal City Flooding.- Chapter5. Physical Care: Lessening Impacts From Other Natural Hazards.- Chapter6. Disease Protection In Sea Coast (And Inland) Cities: Problems
in Dense Populations with Shantytowns/Slums.- Chapter7. An Example of Coastal Cities Hazard Exposure and Economics.- Chapter8. Decisions, Costs, Funding To Protect Coastal Cities: Populations And Assets (Personal And Municipal/National).

O autorze

Dr. Frederic R. Siegel is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University. His books Applied Geochemistry (1974), Geoquimica Aplicada (1991), Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards in Development Planning (1996), Environmental Geochemistry of Potentially Toxic Metals (2001/2002), Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning (2008), Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations (2015), Mitigation of dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards (2016), and Cities and Mega-Cities (2018) reflect Dr. Siegel’s cumulative teaching and research experience in theoretical and applied exploration and environmental geochemistry, and his work to alleviate or eliminate environmental problems related to physical, social, chemical, and economic conditions associated with planned development projects.