Sea Level Rise as a Design and Planning Issue
In the past 21 years, 2.3 billion people were affected by floods and 242,000 deaths were a result of flooding; floods accounted for 40% of the global total for all weather-related disasters during this time period (COOPS, 2016). In 2017, floods caused approximately $60.7 billion worth of property and crop damage and 116 fatalities across the United States (DESAPD, 2018).
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- Number of weather-related disasters reported per country (1995–2015). Data source: United Nations, 2015.
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- Global annual reported number of floods. Data sources: US DOC, 2014; NASA, 2017; Statista, 2021.
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- Economic damage and fatality rates caused by floods and flash floods in the US. Data sources: US DOC, 2014; NASA, 2017.
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- Global mean sea level since 1993 as observed by satellites. Data source: NASA, 2021.
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- Global mean sea level rise projection by NOAA. Data source: NOAA, 2017a.
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- Sea level rise scenarios of 0 to 6 feet along the US Coast. Data source: NOAA, 2020.
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- Ranking of United States cities by population in 2017 and the population change from 2010 to 2017. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2015.
References
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (COOPS). (2016).
NOAA Tides and Currents. Retrieved January 28, 2021, fromhttps://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html
Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (DESAPD). (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://population.un.org on DiVincenti, C., Wetmore, F., & Bernstein, G. (2006). The evaluation of the National Flood Insurance Program final report. Washington D.C.: American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/disasters/insurance/nfip_eval_final_report.pdf
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January 1, 2022