Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge

Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low—lying areas are subject to short—term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed to the long—term threat of global sea—level rise. These massive concentrations of people expose often—fragile coastal environments to the runoff and pollution from municipal, industrial, and ag...