Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs
Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetla...
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okr-10986-163832021-04-23T14:03:29Z Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit agriculture biodiversity birds carbon carbon dioxide carbon sequestration classification climate climate change Climate Change Research climate regulation coast coastal areas coastal change coastal countries coastal ecosystems coastal processes coastal protection Coastal Research coastal wetland Coastal Wetlands coastal zone coastal zones Conservation construction contingent valuation contingent valuation studies cultural heritage data sets data sources destruction of wetlands dikes drainage dredging Ecological Economics Ecological Studies Ecology Economic Impact economic valuation economic value economic values economic welfare Ecosystem ecosystem services ecosystems emissions Environmental environmental amenities Environmental Change Environmental Economist Environmental Research Environmental Systems erosion Estuarine extinction flood protection flooding forest forested areas forested wetlands forestry forests fresh water freshwater freshwater marsh freshwater marshes Freshwater Wetlands geographic areas Geographic Information Geographic Information System Geological survey GIS global climate change Global Environmental Change global warming global wetlands groundwater human activities Human activity human impacts Hydrology impacts of climate change irrigation island nations Lakes land cover land cover data land reclamation Land subsidence land use Landscape loss of wetlands low tide Mangrove Forests mangroves marshes Mitigation mosquito mosquito control Natural Resource Natural Resource Management Nature net present value open access Partnership peat plant communities Policy Makers precipitation preservation recycling Regional Environmental Change regional wetlands remote sensing reservoirs salinity Sea sea level rise Seas sediment sediment retention shorelines small islands storm protection storms stream swamp swamps Swift temperate wetlands tidal range Tidal Wetland Topography total economic value total wetlands trapping trees Tropical Wetlands uncertainty upland areas uplands urban areas valuation value of wetland vegetation waste disposal Water Resources Waters watershed waves wetland wetland area wetland areas wetland categories wetland delineation wetland loss wetland losses wetland plants wetland restoration wetland soil wetland types wetland value Wetlands Ecology wetlands loss wetlands losses Wildlife Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetlands would be submerged and how likely the wetlands would move inland as the coastline recedes. It is estimated that approximately 64 percent of the freshwater marsh, 66 percent of Global Lakes and Wetlands Database coastal wetlands, and 61 percent of brackish/saline wetlands are at risk. A large percentage of this loss would be shouldered by two regions: East Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa. At the country level, the results are extremely skewed with a small number of countries being severely affected. In East Asia, China and Vietnam would bear the brunt of these losses. In the Middle East and North Africa, Libya and Egypt would see the most losses. A rough estimate of the economic value of the goods and services produced by wetlands at risk is approximately $630 million per year in 2000 U.S. dollars. 2013-12-17T22:14:21Z 2013-12-17T22:14:21Z 2012-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16383 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6277 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetlands would be submerged and how likely the wetlands would move inland as the coastline recedes. It is estimated that approximately 64 percent of the freshwater marsh, 66 percent of Global Lakes and Wetlands Database coastal wetlands, and 61 percent of brackish/saline wetlands are at risk. A large percentage of this loss would be shouldered by two regions: East Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa. At the country level, the results are extremely skewed with a small number of countries being severely affected. In East Asia, China and Vietnam would bear the brunt of these losses. In the Middle East and North Africa, Libya and Egypt would see the most losses. A rough estimate of the economic value of the goods and services produced by wetlands at risk is approximately $630 million per year in 2000 U.S. dollars. |
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Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit |
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs |
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs |
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs |
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs |
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs |
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sea-level rise and coastal wetlands : impacts and costs |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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