Coastal Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was launched in February 2002 as a collaborative federal interagency program, under a new cabinet-level organization designed to improve the government-wide management and dissemination of climate change science and related technology development. The mission of the CCSP is to “facilitate the creation and application of knowledge of the Earth’s global environment through research, observations, decision support, and communication”. This Product is one of 21 synthesis and assessment products (SAPs) identified in the 2003 Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, written to help achieve this mission. One of the major goals within the mission is to understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different natural and managed ecosystems and human systems to climate and related global changes. This SAP addresses this goal by providing a detailed assessment of the effects of sea-level rise on coastal environments and presenting some of the challenges that need to be addressed in order to adapt to sea-level rise while protecting environmental resources and sustaining economic growth. This Product focuses on the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, which includes the eight states from New York to North Carolina. The Mid-Atlantic is a region where high population density and extensive coastal development is likely to be at increased risk due to sea-level rise.

• Record URL:
  http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS110750
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• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Agency

  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20460

  U.S. Geological Survey

  345 Middlefield Road
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20230

  Department of Transportation

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Titus, James G
  • Anderson, K Eric
  • Cahoon, Donald R
  • Gesch, Dean B
  • Gill, Stephen K
  • Gutierrez, Benjamin T
  • Thieler, E Robert
  • Williams, S Jeffress
• Publication Date: 2009-1-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: U.S. Climate Change Science Program
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 298p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Coasts; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Sea level
• Geographic Terms: Middle Atlantic States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01121985
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 19 2009 2:42PM