Con la cabeza fuera del agua. ¿Cuánta gente vive en las zonas costeras vulnerables de EE.UU.?

The document details research by Nina Lam and her team at Louisiana State University using GIS and 2006 census data to map population vulnerability to sea-level rise and storms in 23 US coastal states. It finds that approximately 19 million people live within 1 km of the coast and 11.6 million live in areas below 3 meters elevation, with Florida, Louisiana, and New York having the highest numbers of vulnerable residents.

• In the continental United States, approximately 19 million people live within 1 km of the coast, representing 10.0% of the population of the 23 coastal states and 6.4% of the total national population.
• Around 11.6 million people live on land located less than three meters above sea level (6.1% of the coastal population), and approximately 6.3 million (3.3% of the coastal population) meet both the elevation and distance criteria.
• Florida has the highest number of residents in areas below 3 meters with 5.9 million people (32.5%), followed by Louisiana with 1.2 million (27.6%) and New York with 1.0 million (5.4%).
• Certain states and districts have more than 20% of their population living within 1 km of the coast, including Rhode Island, Maine, Florida, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, making them potentially the most affected by sea-level rise and storms.
• Coastal communities are highly vulnerable to the combined effects of increased cyclonic activity and sea-level rise, with conservative IPCC (2007) estimates predicting a sea-level increase of 18-59 cm by 2100.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2010). Con la cabeza fuera del agua. ¿Cuánta gente vive en las zonas costeras vulnerables de EE.UU.? https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/06/Snapshot3_heads_above_water_sp.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Con la cabeza fuera del agua. ¿Cuánta gente vive en las zonas costeras vulnerables de EE.UU.? 2010. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/06/Snapshot3_heads_above_water_sp.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2010con, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Con la cabeza fuera del agua. ¿Cuánta gente vive en las zonas costeras vulnerables de EE.UU.?}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2010}, url = {https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/06/Snapshot3_heads_above_water_sp.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }