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prescient maps, coastal flooding
From:
"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:09:04 -0600
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Subject:        prescient maps, coastal flooding
Date:   Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:36:30 -0500
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
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  From a _NY Times _story today, talking about the NY City and other
potential urban flood zones:
<http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20121101/hurricane-superstorm-sandy-storm-surge-rising-sea-levels-scientists-global-warming-climate-change-flooding>.

The article links to a five year old report called "Nation Under Siege,"
a coastal impact study with more extensive examples of what would happen
with various levels (ranging from 1 to 5 meters) of sea level surge:
<http://architecture2030.org/hot_topics/nation_under_siege> .

             Joel Kovarsky

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