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

Lead Agency: EPA

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How to cite this report: CCSP, 2009: Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. [James G. Titus (Coordinating Lead Author), K. Eric Anderson, Donald R. Cahoon, Dean B. Gesch, Stephen K. Gill, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, E. Robert Thieler, and S. Jeffress Williams (Lead Authors)]. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C., USA, 320 pp.

The report is available for download below both in its entirety and in individual sections.

Note: All files are in PDF format.

Brochure [6 pp, 1.1 MB]

Complete Report [320 pp, 7.5 MB]

Individual Sections

Front Matter [28 pp, 1 MB]

Part I: The Physical Environment [76 pp, 1 MB]

Part II: Societal Impacts and Implications [54 pp, 1.5 MB]

Part III: Preparing for Sea-Level Rise [38 pp, 1.5 MB]

Part IV: National Implications and a Science Strategy for Moving Forward [16 pp, 400 KB]

Appendix 1: State and Local Information on Vulnerable Species and Coastal Policies in the Mid-Atlantic [46 pp, 698 KB]

Appendix 2: Basic Approaches for Shoreline Change Projections [4 pp, 291 KB]

Back Matter (Glossary, Scientific Names, Acronyms and Abbreviations) [58 pp, 1.7 MB]