Essays about: "Impacts Assessment of Sea Level Rise"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Impacts Assessment of Sea Level Rise.
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1. Generating Product-Service Design Improvements from a Climate Impact and Energy Use Perspective Using Life Cycle Assessment : The Case of Vertical Access Equipment
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknikAbstract : Climate change is connected to several negative effects on local environments around the globe such as, longer, and more intense droughts, less freshwater supplies, ocean warming, sea level rise, polar ice melting, more intense storms, and rainfall (NASA, 2021). These problems are mainly due to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as well as other greenhouse gases (GHG) which cause a similar or stronger climate change effect (WWF, 2021). READ MORE
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2. Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The phenomenon of global warming has become a fact, however; the uncertainty is about the magnitude and acceleration of its manifestations. Global mean sea level rise is one of the results induced by global warming and is happening with an undetectable accelerated pace. READ MORE
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3. Drying Lakes: A Review on The Health Conditions and Restoration Strategies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : Great salt lakes around the world are drying at a rapid rate. The drying salt lakes gives rise to several health and socio-economic concerns for the population in the surrounding region. The respective governments undertook various measures to address the concerns relating to the drying of salt lakes. READ MORE
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4. Impacts of future sea level rise and high water on roads, railways and environmental objects: a GIS analysis of the potential effects of increasing sea levels and highest projected high water in Scania, Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : This study uses GIS analyses to investigate the risk that increasing sea levels and highest projected highwater pose by increasing the risk of inundation on state-owned roads and railways as well as environmental objects in their side areas. This is done through an assessment of sea level rise projections and a risk analysis, which points out where vulnerable features are located and provides timeframes and durations for the risk. READ MORE
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5. Impact of extreme sea levels and waves in the bay of Lundåkra - present situation and future scenarios
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : This report is a study of the impacts of extreme sea levels and waves on the coastal area of the bay of Lundåkra. The bay is characterized by shallow sea bottoms and a flat topography, particularly in the north. Analyses have been based on historical data. READ MORE
