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• Coastal cities and sea level rise
  ...dy manifests itself during extreme weather conditions, which go along with flooding, loss of life <ref>Jonkman, S.N. and Vrijling, J.K. 2008. Loss of life due ...ctions of global‑scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century. Nature Scientific Reports 10:11629</ref> to assess w
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• Species extinction
  ...er area and loss of erosion control from coastal wetlands, thus increasing flooding risks to coastal inhabitants<ref>Stachowicz, J.J., Whitlatch, R.B., Osman,
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• US Army Corps of Engineers’ Coastal Programs
  ...d States. Its coastal management roles—e.g. navigation, erosion control, flooding and habitat restoration—fall under that part of the USACE mission focused
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• Mediterranean seagrass ecosystem
  ...rip out its roots and rhizomes. Increased sedimentation caused by storms, flooding, coastal soil erosion, dredging near seagrass meadows or coastal constructi
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• Heavy metal content of mussels in the Western Scheldt estuary
  ...been blocked by dams (the DeltaWorks project) to create a barrier against flooding. Because of this blockade, the Eastern Scheldt changed from an estuary into
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• Oyster reef shore protection
  ...yster reefs cannot replace [[revetments]] for providing protection against flooding during storm surges as they do not grow around or above high tide<ref>Scyph
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• Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta
  Additionally the Magdalena River was prevented from flooding the delta by the construction of channels and dikes. The artificial outlets
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• Bouches du Rhône
  ...SES: wetlands of the Camargue (exposed to impacts from irrigation and from flooding protection facilities for neighbour urban suburbs); marine flora and fauna
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• Bouches du Rhone
  ...SES: wetlands of the Camargue (exposed to impacts from irrigation and from flooding protection facilities for neighbour urban suburbs); marine flora and fauna
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• Groundwater management in low-lying coastal zones
  * soil subsidence and increased vulnerability to flooding, ...contribute to increase of the seawater intrusion into the coastal aquifer: flooding by the sea, shoreline retreat, sea level rise and decrease of the flux of f
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• Overtopping resistant dikes
  ...per meter with a 1/10,000 probability was adequate. It turned out that the flooding mechanisms were not understood well enough and that the safety standard was ...rotection against flooding. These protection measures prevent an area from flooding thus providing safe conditions for economic and social activities. The dike
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• Proposing Potential ICZM Vision
  ...and coastal inundation). Similarly, proposed measures for protection from flooding or coastal erosion could cause significant biodiversity losses and undermin
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• ICZM Scoping Risks
  ...ormal “trend” expectations of other pressures. Examples include severe flooding, acute pollution from watershed or marine sources, or enhanced disaster ris Quantification may be possible in many risks (e.g. area of land subject to flooding according to likely scenarios). However, in many risk cases, approximations
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• Dynamics, threats and management of dunes
  ...een winter and summer. These changes will modify coastal erosion and sea‐flooding hazards (IPCC, 2014<ref>WONG P.P., LOSADA I.J., GATTUSO J.-P,. HINKEL J. ,
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• Shore protection vegetation
  ...ough to prevent breach of the dune belt and protect the hinterland against flooding (see [[Dune erosion]]). However, the presence of vegetation, the vegetation ...tion for protecting coastal settlements (or the low-lying hinterland) from flooding in case of extreme storm surges. If this protection is not sufficient, hard
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• Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes
  ===Short-term effects of flooding and storms=== ====Short-term flooding: Vulnerability of marshes to saltwater flooding====
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• Dynamics, threats and management of biogenic reefs
  ...habitat to sea level rise and storm events. In the case of natural reefs, flooding is not applicable and is therefore not discussed here. Much of the informa
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• Integrating Climate Change into the ICZM planning process - Establishment
  following headings: damage to infrastructure from sea level rise and flooding, declines in agricultural yields, health risks from heat waves, risks to hu
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• Integrating Climate Change into the ICZM planning process - Analysis and Future
  * Loss of ecosystem services through low river flows, flooding etc. Increased risks of flooding and damages from heavy rains, winds etc., should have been identified in th
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• Integrating Climate Change into the ICZM planning process - Setting the Vision
  ...ariations (e.g. present flood defences are inadequate to cope with present flooding). Action to correct this situation can possibly be justified even without r ...th). For example, allowing settlement in an area that may be more prone to flooding may yield benefits now but will impose heavy costs later.
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