Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise

UNESCO World Heritage located in low-lying coastal areas is increasingly at risk from flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. This study shows that up to 82% of cultural World Heritage sites located in the Mediterranean will be at risk from coastal flooding and over 93% from coastal erosion by 2...

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Autores principales: Lena Reimann, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Sally Brown, Jochen Hinkel, Richard S. J. Tol
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e1170765c7514ba6bcf592cb2b7cd19c2021-12-02T15:34:07ZMediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise10.1038/s41467-018-06645-92041-1723https://doaj.org/article/e1170765c7514ba6bcf592cb2b7cd19c2018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06645-9https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723UNESCO World Heritage located in low-lying coastal areas is increasingly at risk from flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. This study shows that up to 82% of cultural World Heritage sites located in the Mediterranean will be at risk from coastal flooding and over 93% from coastal erosion by 2100 under high-end sea-level rise.Lena ReimannAthanasios T. VafeidisSally BrownJochen HinkelRichard S. J. TolNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
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Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
description UNESCO World Heritage located in low-lying coastal areas is increasingly at risk from flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. This study shows that up to 82% of cultural World Heritage sites located in the Mediterranean will be at risk from coastal flooding and over 93% from coastal erosion by 2100 under high-end sea-level rise.
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author Lena Reimann
Athanasios T. Vafeidis
Sally Brown
Jochen Hinkel
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title Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
title_short Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
title_full Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
title_fullStr Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
title_full_unstemmed Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise
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