1. Greenhouse effects and sea level rise
Titus, J.G., Park, R.A., Leatherman, S.P., Weggel, J.R., Greene, M.S., Mausel, P.W., Brown, S., Gaunt, G., Trehan, M., Yohe, G Coastal Management, Volume 19:

2. The cost of holding back the sea
Cost benefit analysis
Site
U.S. shorelines; 5 regions
Developed land
Infrastructure, homes/buildings
Undeveloped land
wetlands

3. Methods remote sensing (Landsat imagery) and USGS contour maps
Interpolate to find elevation, location of wetlands
model the behavior of several projected rates of sea level rise
2100
land value estimates
Real estate agents
Average cost of wetland protection
infrastructure

4. Findings One meter of sea level rise = 270-350 billion $
Based on these projections, analysis suggests protection of shoreline

5. Criticisms Remote sensing/interpolation accuracy
Only one method of shoreline protection calculated
Real cost of wetland loss hard to calculate
Which model of sea level rise is ‘most’ right?