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National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise:
Preliminary Results for the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Figure 1.   Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI shows the relative vulnerability of the coast to changes due to future rise in sea-level. Areas along the coast are assigned a ranking from low to high risk, based on the analysis of physical variables that contribute to coastal change.


Figure 1. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI shows the relative vulnerability of the coast to changes due to future rise in sea-level.
Figure 1. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI shows the relative vulnerability of the coast to changes due to future rise in sea-level.
Figure 1. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI shows the relative vulnerability of the coast to changes due to future rise in sea-level.
Figure 1. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI shows the relative vulnerability of the coast to changes due to future rise in sea-level.


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Introduction Risk
Variables		 Data
Ranking		 CVI Results Discussion Summary References
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