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The paper reviews and provides evidence of the extent of poverty among rural populations in the low-elevation coastal zones of developing countries. The paper reviews evidence of how these poor populations cope with and are vulnerable to climate change, sea level rise and other coastal hazards.
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This is the first paper that quantifies the number of poor people living in rural low-elevation coastal zones globally, discusses their vulnerability to climate-induced coastal hazards, and identifies the countries with the most vulnerable populations.
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I have been concerned with some time with the vulnerability of the rural poor in developing countries to climate change, and I have done considerable work on the impact of storms and other coastal hazards on vulnerable coastal communities.
University Distinguished Professor Edward Barbier
Colorado State University
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This page is a summary of: Climate change impacts on rural poverty in low-elevation coastal zones, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, November 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.035.
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