Global climate change and the rising challenge of the sea : report of the Coastal Zone Management Subgroup

Presents the results of the third International workshop 'The Rising Challenge of the Sea', of the Coastal Zone Management Subgroup, held in Venezuela, March 9-13, 1992 and represents the preliminary effort of the participants of this workshop to describe and analyse ongoing activities for assessing vulnerability to accelerated sea level rise and formulating potential adaptive response strategies. Gives findings and recommendations of the 1992 supplement to the 1990 IPCC First Assessment report. Describes the methodology and the highlights of the case studies in the small islands, deltas, and continents and large islands