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

Figure 1.   Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Gulf 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 very high risk, based on the analysis of physical variables that contribute to coastal change.


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Figure 1.Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Gulf coast.
Figure 1.Map of the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the U.S. Gulf coast.




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Introduction Risk
Variables		 Data
Ranking		 C.V.I. Results Discussion Summary References
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