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Managing Coastal Risks in West Africa

Coastal erosion is a naturally occurring process that is accelerated by human impacts. Artificial stabilization of the shoreline, the deterioration of natural formations, the construction of infrastructure, the extraction of materials, and the prol...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
FLOODING
RISKS
WASTE WATER
ECOSYSTEM
STORM
EARLY WARNING
DISASTER RISK
CLIMATE CHANGE
HIGH TIDES
BEACHES
RISK REDUCTION
NATURE
WATER DRAINAGE
AQUACULTURE
LAND USE PLANNING
BANK
STORMS
RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
CONTINGENCY PLANS
FORESTS
PROTECTION
STABILIZATION
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
DAMAGE
SHORELINES
COASTAL AREAS MANAGEMENT
DISASTER
COASTAL ZONE
ISLANDS
WATER RESOURCES
EROSION
COASTS
SEDIMENT
LAND
ECOSYSTEMS
COASTLINE
MANGROVE
COAST
RISK
ESTUARIES
LEADS
POPULATION GROWTH
SHORELINE
STORM SURGES
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
WATER
COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
SEA-LEVEL
LIVELIHOODS
SEA
DISASTERS
TIDES
COASTLINES
STORM WATER
SEA LEVEL
SWAMPS
MANGROVE FORESTS
COASTAL AREAS
FISHING
LAGOONS
LAND USE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25486902/managing-coastal-risks-west-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24281

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25486902/managing-coastal-risks-west-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24281

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