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Long Term Implications of Sea Level Change for the Mississippi and Alabama Coastlines

其他書名	Papers, Outlines, and Abstracts Presented in Biloxi, Mississippi, September 27-28, 1990
出版	Department of Information Services, Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 1990
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1w4SAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"The issue of an accelerated sea level rise is of critical importance to coastal residents, developers, and managers along the northern Gulf of Mexico. Even small rises in sea level can have far-reaching impacts on the region's generally flat coastal profiles. In some areas of the Mississippi/Alabama coast, small rises in sea level could cause a large horizontal displacement of the apparent shoreline, resulting in new shoreline formation hundreds of feet inland. Prior development of many coastal areas has disrupted natural processes, resulting in increased shoreline erosion; continued development in the coastal zone, coupled with the possibility of elevated water levels, may serve to magnify the consequences of man's activities. It is imperative that decision-makers develop an appropriate management strategy to minimize the effects sea level rise may have on our fragile coastal resources. Local, state, and federal experts were invited to present papers examining the sea level rise phenomenon"--National Sea Grant Library publication website.