Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise

  • Lena Reimann,
  • Athanasios T. Vafeidis,
  • Sally Brown,
  • Jochen Hinkel,
  • Richard S. J. Tol

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06645-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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UNESCO World Heritage located in low-lying coastal areas is increasingly at risk from flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. This study shows that up to 82% of cultural World Heritage sites located in the Mediterranean will be at risk from coastal flooding and over 93% from coastal erosion by 2100 under high-end sea-level rise.