Catastrophic inundation from sea level rise and its policy implication Conference

Zhang, K. (2011). Catastrophic inundation from sea level rise and its policy implication . 502-510. 10.1061/41185(417)44

cited authors

  • Zhang, K

authors

abstract

  • A 1.5 m sea level rise by 2100 will cause calamitous inundation to Miami-Dade and Broward Counties and the Everglades in South Florida. Inundation processes are non-linear: inundation is gradual before reaching a tipping point, and speeds up rapidly afterwards due to the regional topography. Accelerated sea level rise will cause the tipping point to be reached sooner by amplifying non-linear processes, and must be considered in policy-making. © 2011 ASCE.

publication date

  • September 29, 2011

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 502

end page

  • 510