Table 3 Qualitative analysis indicating the more significant direct socio-economic impacts of climate change and sea-level rise
on some of the different sectors in coastal zones, including coastal biodiversity
Biogeophysical effect ( from Table 2)
Inundation, flood and
storm damage
Saltwater intrusion
Rising
Backwater Wetland
water
Sector
Surge
effect
loss
Erosion
Surface
Ground
tables
Water Resources
Agriculture
Human health
Fisheries
?
?
Tourism
Human settlements
Coastal biodiversity
?
?
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