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Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology 4e

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FIGURE 18.10 Projected sea-level scenarios for five selected U.S. coastal cities (continued ).

0 4 miles

0 4 miles

0 4 miles

San

Diego

San

Diego

San

Diego

Current sea level

0 12 miles

5-foot sea-level rise

Area flooded: 0%

0 12 miles

12-foot sea-level rise

Area flooded: 3%

0 12 miles

Seattle

Seattle

Seattle

Tacoma

Tacoma

Tacoma

Current sea level

5-foot sea-level rise

Area flooded (Seattle): 4%

Area flooded (Tacoma): 10%

12-foot sea-level rise

Area flooded (Seattle): 9%

Area flooded (Tacoma): 13%

EXERCISE 18.4

Effects of Sea-Level Rise

Name:

Course:

Section:

Date:

(a) Refer to Figure 18.10. Assuming that the percentage of people affected in each city is the same as the percentage

of the land area that will be flooded in that city, fill in the following table to show how many people will have to be

relocated in the two scenarios shown in the figure.

City 2017 population No. affected by 5-foot rise No. affected by 12-foot rise

New York 8,600,000

Miami

Miami Beach

450,000

92,000

New Orleans (see Fig. 17.23) 345,000

Houston

Galveston

2,100,000

50,000

San Diego 1,300,000

Seattle

Tacoma

Total

700,000

210,000

(continued )

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