Coastal vulnerability and climate-related impacts
People living in
Low Elevation
Coastal Zones
Percentage
more than 50%
20% to 50%
Small Island
10% to 20% Developing States
Sources: NASA, 2009; Columbia
University, GRUMP, 2008;
0.1% to 10%
Note:
UN-Habitat, 2009; ISOCARP
Countries not affected The Low Elevation Coastal Zone considered
Congress, 2009; UNFCCC, 2005. No data in this map is 10 metres above sea level
Economic Impact of Hurricanes Maldives today... ...and with 1 metre Trend of cyclone frequency in Vanuatu
Million US dollars, 2004
seal level rise
Number of events per decade
2 000 30
Cayman
Islands
25
1 500
20
1 000
Grenada
15
Jamaica
Bahamas
10
500 Dominican
Republic
5
0 100
0 0
Kilometres
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
14