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Understanding Sea Level Rise and
CoastalHazards
Ashish J. Mehta, Robert G. Dean, ClayL.Montague,
Earl J. Hayter, and Yogesh P. Khare
4.1 Introduction
Some human actions have a signicant potential to adversely impact the
future global environment. Besides environmental degradation and the qual-
ity of life, there is the possibility that global warming may increase storm fre-
quency and intensity and alter storm paths. Due to inundation and resulting
ecological changes, it is anticipated that globally, by the end of this century,
CONTENTS
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ ...