Description:
Text, illustrations, and graphs address issues related to the potential impacts of sea level rise on the world's coastal populations and agriculture. This is a "global" study mostly based on national data. Chapters cover specific direct and indirect effects; an examination of whether or not any trends can be recognized in disasters that have involved coasts and population over recent decades; a "Vulnerability Index", based on physiographic features and population density, developed to allow a global and statistical discussion of some of the population and sea-level rise issues under consideration; and conclusions.

Organization:
Sustainable Development Department (SD)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

URL:
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/EIdirect/EIre0045.htm

Contact:
Mr. Henri Carsalade
Assistant Director-General
Sustainable Development Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla; 00100 Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39 6) 57051
Fax: (+39 6) 570 53064
e-mail: Henri.Carsalade@fao.org; http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/default.htm

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Post Secondary

Subject:
Global Environmental Change
Global Warming
Oceanography - Physical
Population Growth

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00