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![]() The goal of this project is to quantify, at the National scale, the relative susceptibility of the Nation's coast to sea- level rise through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). This initial classification is based upon the variables coastal geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tidal range, wave height, historical rates of relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables furnishes a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise. Data downloads available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/
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Tags: ANTE,
ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (AN),
Epidemics,
Hazards,
Health,
![]() This map describes the possible hazard from earthquake-induced landslides for the city of Berkeley, CA. The hazard depicted by this map was modeled for a scenario corresponding to an M=7.1 earthquake on the Hayward, CA fault. This scenario magnitude is associated with complete rupture of the northern and southern segments of the Hayward fault, an event that has an estimated return period of about 500 years. The modeled hazard also corresponds to completely saturated ground-water conditions resulting from an extreme storm event or series of storm events. This combination of earthquake and ground-water scenarios represents a particularly severe state of hazard for earthquake- induced landslides. For dry ground-water...
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Tags: Accident prevention,
Accidents,
Bioengineering Abstracts,
Biological hazards,
Biological safety management,
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Tags: ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Water Res,
Agricultural practices,
Agricultural runoff,
Aquatic environment,
Biota,
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Types: Citation;
Tags: ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; ASFA 1: B,
Catostomus latipinnis,
Catostomus latipinnis,
Copper,
Environmental effects,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Pollution,
Air pollution,
Asbestos,
Atmospheric gases,
Construction,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aqua,
Algae,
Algal blooms,
Aquaculture,
Aquaculture effluents,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Catchment areas,
Costa Rica,
Costa Rica,
El Nino,
El Nino phenomenon,
Categories: Publication;
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Tags: Coast (see also Shore),
Coastal Zone Management,
Coastal areas,
Coasts,
Disasters,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Coastal zone management,
Earthquakes,
Environment management,
Environmental protection,
Flooding,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Assessments,
Decision Making,
Decision theory,
Environmental effects,
Hazards,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: China, People's Rep.,
Environment management,
Environmental planning,
Environmental programs,
Environmental protection,
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Types: Citation;
Tags: Arid environments,
Climatic conditions,
Decision making,
Droughts,
Environmental policy,
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Tags: Costs,
Fisheries,
Global Warming,
Groundwater Management,
Hazards,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Biological diversity,
Climatic changes,
Environmental health,
Environmental stress,
Global warming,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Developing countries,
Economic conditions,
Economics,
Environmental degradation,
Hazards,
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