Benefits of subsidence control for coastal flooding in China

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 6946 - 9
• Main Authors: Fang, Jiayi, Nicholls, Robert J., Brown, Sally, Lincke, Daniel, Hinkel, Jochen, Vafeidis, Athanasios T., Du, Shiqiang, Zhao, Qing, Liu, Min, Shi, Peijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.11.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 100 year floods; 704/106/694/2739/2819; 704/106/694/682; Acclimatization; Adaptation; China; Climate Change; Environmental Sciences; Exposure; Flooding; Floods; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Land subsidence; multidisciplinary; Populations; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sea level; Sea Level Rise; Subsidence; China

Land subsidence is impacting large populations in coastal Asia via relative sea-level rise (RSLR). Here we assesses these risks and possible response strategies for China, including estimates of present rates of RSLR, flood exposure and risk to 2050. In 2015, each Chinese coastal resident experience...