Potential vulnerability implications of coastal inundation due to sea level rise for the coastal zone of Semarang city, Indonesia

The aim of this study is to detect shoreline changes along part of the coastal zone of Piena during the time period between 1969 and 2000 using aerial photographs and satellite images. Additionally, a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the future sea-level rise (triggered by the global climate change) implications to the physical and socioeconomic environment of the area is attempted taking into account various sea-level rise scenarios. Retreating as well as prograding regions along the study area were defined and retreating/prograding rates for the time periods 1969-1987 and 1987-2000 were estimated using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques. Building activity rates for the coastal area of Paralia Katerinis were also estimated for the same periods. The coastline of the study area is retreating^ except than the area north of torrent Mavroneri where a progradation rate of 48 cm/year was estimated between 1969 and 1987. Retreating rate of the coast for the northern part of the area (Saltworks) is estimated to be 25 cm/year and 19 cm/yrear for the periods of 1969-1987 and 1987-2000 respectively. The broader study area is particularly vulnerable to a potential future sealevel rise due to the low-lying topography of the coastal zone and intensive socioeconomic activities such as tourism and commerce.

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Discussion of a Modelling Study of Coastal Inundation Induced by Storm Surge, Sea-level Rise, and Subsidence in the Gulf of Mexico: The US Average Tide Gauge is not Accelerating Consistently with the Worldwide Average

Physical Science International Journal ◽

10.9734/psij/2015/17461 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 49-64

Author(s):

A. Parker ◽

C. Ollier

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Storm Surge ◽

Tide Gauge ◽

Coastal Inundation ◽

The Us ◽

Modelling Study

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Visualising the spatial extent of predicted coastal zone inundation due to sea level rise in south-west Western Australia

Ocean & Coastal Management ◽

10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.08.005 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 54 (11) ◽

pp. 796-806 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

M. Kuhn ◽

D. Tuladhar ◽

R. Corner

Keyword(s):

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Coastal Zone ◽

Western Australia ◽

Spatial Extent ◽

South West

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Holocene sea-level history of the Canadian Beaufort shelf

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ◽

10.1139/e93-009 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 103-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Philip R. Hill ◽

Arnaud Héquette ◽

Marie-Hélène Ruz

Keyword(s):

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Coastal Zone ◽

Marine Sediments ◽

Tidal Marsh ◽

Relative Sea Level ◽

The Holocene ◽

Single Piece ◽

History Of ◽

Holocene Sea Level

New radiocarbon ages pertaining to the Holocene sea-level history of the Canadian Beaufort shelf are presented. The ages were obtained on samples of freshwater and tidal-marsh peat beds from offshore boreholes and shallow cores in the coastal zone and on molluscs and a single piece of wood deposited in foraminifera-bearing marine sediments. Although none of the samples record directly the position of relative sea level, the suite of ages constrains the regional curve sufficiently to suggest a faster rate of mid Holocene sea level rise (7–14 mm/a) than previously thought. The rate of relative rise slowed markedly in the last 3000 years, approaching the present at a maximum probable rate of 2.5 mm/a.

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