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InterSecTions No. 7/2009 - Sea Level Rise and the Vulnerability of Coastal Peoples by Anthony Oliver-Smith
The latest Intersections issue looks at the social impacts of global climate change and examines how people living in the low elevation coastal zones are adapting to global sea level rise by migrating. These living spaces are increasingly hit by storms and floods forcing people to find strategies to cope with these environmental threats. For many coastal populations, migration has become one means of adaptation and survival.
Download the issue No. 7/2009 here.
Prof Oliver-Smith considers forced migration as a consequence of sea level rise a social issue that needs to be addressed by policy-makers. The author presents case studies from five different coastal areas showing how local communities cope with displacement and migration differently. He examines if and how communities can adapt in ways that allow them to remain stable, to keep their culture and identity.
Prof Oliver-Smith´s analysis formulates urgent research questions that need to be answered to support coastal communities around the world whose livelihoods are inevitably and increasingly threatened by rising sea levels.