Danish Attitudes and Reactions to the Threat of Sea-Level Rise

Fenger, J.; Buch, Erik; Jakobsen, Per Roed; Vestergaard, Peter

doi:10.2112/07a-0012.1

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“…The implications of SLR to the North Sea coastline have been assessed in various papers on a country-wide scale, e.g. by de la Vega-Leinert and Nicholls (2008) for Great Britain, Lebbe et al (2008) for Belgium, Van Koningsveld et al (2008) for the Netherlands, Sterr (2008) for Germany, Fenger et al (2008) for Denmark, Aunan and Romstad (2008) for Norway and Paskoff (2004) for France. Long-term management plans including an allowance for future sea-level rise are being formulated in the region from the scale of critical coastal infrastructure (Wilby et al, 2011) to specific regions (e.g.…”

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Observed mean sea level changes around the North Sea coastline from 1800 to present

Wahl¹,

Haigh²,

Woodworth³

et al. 2013

Earth-Science Reviews

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This paper assesses historic changes in mean sea level around the coastline of the North Sea, one of the most densely populated coasts in the world. Typically, such analyses have been conducted at a national level, and detailed geographically wider analyses have not been undertaken for about 20 years. We analyse long records (up to 200 years) from 30 tide gauge sites, which are reasonably uniformly distributed along the coastline, and: (1) calculate relative sea level trends; (2) examine the inter-annual and decadal variations; (3) estimate regional geocentric (sometimes also referred to as 'absolute') sea level rise throughout the 20 th century; and (4)

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Observed mean sea level changes around the North Sea coastline from 1800 to present

Wahl¹,

Haigh²,

Woodworth³

et al. 2013

Earth-Science Reviews

158

128

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“…More comprehensive, and holistic solutions must be planned for, such as dikes that incorporate soft and hard aspects of coastal protection [40]. By incorporating nature-based solutions, which deal well with handling sediment accretion, with man-made structures, such as dikes with reinforced outer slopes, SLR and flooding can be more easily managed and prevented with only the need to increase the crest height of the dike if accretion of sediments is too high thus allowing waves to reach the top of the structure [40][41][42].…”

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Impact Assessment Analysis of Sea Level Rise in Denmark: A Case Study of Falster Island, Guldborgsund

2021

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Anthropogenically-induced climate change is expected to be the contributing cause of sea level rise and severe storm events in the immediate future. While Danish authorities have downscaled the future oscillation of sea level rise across Danish coast lines in order to empower the coastal municipalities, there is a need to project the local cascading effects on different sectors. Using geospatial analysis and climate change projection data, we developed a proposed workflow to analyze the impacts of sea level rise in the coastal municipalities of Guldborgsund, located in Southeastern Denmark as a case study. With current estimates of sea level rise and storm surge events, the island of Falster can expect to have up to 19% of its landmass inundated, with approximately 39% of the population experiencing sea level rise directly. Developing an analytical workflow can allow stakeholders to understand the extent of expected sea level rise and consider alternative methods of prevention at the national and local levels. The proposed approach along with the choice of data and open source tools can empower other communities at risk of sea level rise to plan their adaptation.

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“…However, the general approach of Denmark's climate policy is a stronger focus on mitigation than on adaptation, with no systematic consideration of sea-level rise in present planning policies (Fenger et al 2008). …”

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