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Table 1
Table 1. Ranking of coastal vulnerability index variables
Figure 1
Figure 1. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)
Figure 2
Figure 2. Histograms showing frequency of occurrence and cumulative frequency of CVI values for Atlantic coast
Figure 3
Figure 3. Bar graph showing the percentage of shoreline along the U.S. Atlantic coast in each risk category
Figure 4
Figure 4. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 5
Figure 5. Map of the geomorphology variable for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 6
Figure 6. Map of the coastal slope variable for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 7
Figure 7. Map of the shoreline erosion/accretion reate variable for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 8
Figure 8. Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index for the North Carolina to Georgia region.
Figure 9
Figure 9. Map of the geomorphology variable for the North Carolina to Georgia region
Figure 10
Figure 10. Map of the relative sea-level rise variable for the North Carolina to Georgia region.
Figure 11
Figure 11. Map of the mean wave height variable for the North Carolina to Georgia region.


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

Table of Contents

Title Page


Introduction


Risk Variables


Data Ranking


Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)


Results


Discussion

Summary


References
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