What happens on the land really,
really affect us. And so if you have land sinking
on one side,
I see rising on the other side,
you're going to have areas that would be inundated in
the future.
What is not appreciated is how long subsidence is going
to affect these cities.
So take the Gulf Coast for example.
A lot of the cities that we have suffered show
significant levels of sinking,
and the rate of sinking in most of the cities
are equal or even greater than the current rate of
global sea level rise.
The point that we want to highlight in this study
is that for the time frame of.
2015. 3 decades from now,
land subsidence is the key player and in most places
the main player,
in elevating the flooding hazard.
Even sinking of the land across the exit of a
building or any structure can often cause structural damage and
damage to infrastructure and foundations in most structures.