Millions projected to be at risk from sea-level rise in the continental United States

ME Hauer, JM Evans, DR Mishra - Nature Climate Change, 2016 - nature.com
Sea-level rise (SLR) is one of the most apparent climate change stressors facing human
society. Although it is known that many people at present inhabit areas vulnerable to SLR …

Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding due to sea level rise

ME Hauer, D Hardy, SA Kulp, V Mueller… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The exposure of populations to sea-level rise (SLR) is a leading indicator assessing the
impact of future climate change on coastal regions. SLR exposes coastal populations to a …

Social vulnerability projections improve sea-level rise risk assessments

RD Hardy, ME Hauer - Applied Geography, 2018 - Elsevier
Rising seas will impact millions of coastal residents in coming decades. The vulnerability of
coastal populations exposed to inundation will be greater for some sub-populations due to …

Risks of sea level rise to disadvantaged communities in the United States

J Martinich, J Neumann, L Ludwig… - Mitigation and Adaptation …, 2013 - Springer
Climate change and sea level rise (SLR) pose risks to coastal communities around the
world, but societal understanding of the distributional and equity implications of SLR impacts …

Migration induced by sea-level rise could reshape the US population landscape

ME Hauer - Nature Climate Change, 2017 - nature.com
Many sea-level rise (SLR) assessments focus on populations presently inhabiting
vulnerable coastal communities,,, but to date no studies have attempted to model the …

Understanding the demographic implications of climate change: estimates of localized population predictions under future scenarios of sea-level rise

KJ Curtis, A Schneider - Population and Environment, 2011 - Springer
Significant advances have been made to understand the interrelationship between humans
and the environment in recent years, yet research has not produced useful localized …

A review of estimating population exposure to sea-level rise and the relevance for migration

C McMichael, S Dasgupta… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This review analyses global or near-global estimates of population exposure to sea-level
rise (SLR) and related hazards, followed by critically examining subsequent estimates of …

Improved estimates of coastal population and exposure to hazards released

RJ Nicholls, C Small - Eos, Transactions American Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Though it is well known that the world's coastlines are heavily populated, the combined
implications of population growth and climate change are still subject to debate. Models of …

Evaluation of dynamic coastal response to sea-level rise modifies inundation likelihood

EE Lentz, ER Thieler, NG Plant, SR Stippa… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Sea-level rise (SLR) poses a range of threats to natural and built environments,, making
assessments of SLR-induced hazards essential for informed decision making. We develop a …

Risk of isolation increases the expected burden from sea-level rise

TM Logan, MJ Anderson, AC Reilly - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
The typical displacement metric for sea-level rise adaptation planning is property inundation.
However, this metric may underestimate risk as it does not fully capture the wider cascading …