Publisher: Smart Growth Network
Year: 2009
Pages: 54
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Waterfront Community, Flooding, Climate
Shelf: C6R6
Accession No: B1204
Contents: Foraterfrontord, Essay, Commentary, Afterword, Postscript, Edited
Abstract: oastal and waterfront communities have a distinctive sense of place created by their history and characteristic sights, sounds, and smells. These communities face many challenges, including potential sea level rise, hurricanes, flooding, other weather and climate-related hazards, vulnerable ecosystems, and limited land. More than half the U.S. population lives in coastal counties covering less than 17 percent of U.S. land area, and 180 million people visit coastal areas every year. Many others visit lake and riverfront communities.