caa a22 4500 467901864 CHVBK 20180406152820.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-9200-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-9200-2 Kumar P. National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, 682 018, Cochin, Kerala, India aut Potential Vulnerability Implications of Sea Level Rise for the Coastal Zones of Cochin, Southwest Coast of India [Elektronische Daten] [P. Kumar] This study presents the results of the impact assessment analysis of the coastal zones of Cochin along the southwest coast of India. The climatological cycle of sea level derived for the region for the period 1939-2003 has shown a range of about 17 cm. From the results obtained on the coastal sedimentary environments, it is found that climate-induced sea level rise scenarios will bring profound effects. It is also revealed that the mean beach slope and relief play a vital role in land loss of the region. The local relief of coastal zone will decrease as sea level rises, thus increasing the percentage of land above mean sea level subjected to episodic inundations. Results of the yearly probability of damages indicated the urgency to upgrade the existing designs of coastal protection structures. A brief characterisation of the issues on infrastructure and uncertainties in policy planning also are attempted. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 sea level rise nationallicence vulnerability nationallicence tides nationallicence coastal zone nationallicence erosion nationallicence inundation nationallicence Cochin nationallicence southwest coast of India nationallicence Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 123/1-3(2006-12-01), 333-344 0167-6369 123:1-3<333 2006 123 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-9200-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-9200-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kumar P. National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, 682 018, Cochin, Kerala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 123/1-3(2006-12-01), 333-344 0167-6369 123:1-3<333 2006 123 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer