2. Impact of Global Change on the Coastal Areas COASTAL VULNERABILITY Roberto R. Kokot - FCEN (UBA) Buenos Aires - Argentina

3. Location Map

5. Variables in the Coastal Vulnerability Index. (Gornitz et al., 1994)

6. INUNDATION 1.Coastal Elevation Methodology a. Construction of Topographic Maps b. High Resolution Topography

7. Buenos Aires Coastal Zone

8. Topographic Map of Buenos Aires City

9. Bahía Samborombón Zone

10. Southeast Zone

11. b.Improvement on, Contour Lines

12. INUNDATION 2. Local Subsidence Sea Level Trend in Buenos Aires.

13. 1.7  0.1 mm / year 1905 – 2001 D’Onofrio E.E. Y Fiore. M.E., 2002

14. EPISODIC INUNDATION 1. Tide Range

15. Tidal Range Buenos Aires Port Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (2003)

16. EPISODIC INUNDATION 2. Storms

17. Sudestadas april 15/1945 + 4,50 Annual Frequency D’Onofrio E.E. Y Fiore. M.E., 2002

18. EROSION 1. Geology

19. Buenos Aires Coastal Zone

20. Bahía Samborombón Zone

21. EROSION 2. Landforms Geomorphologic maps

22. Buenos Aires Coastal Zone

23. Paraná Delta Evolution Codignotto y Medina (2003)

24. Samborombón Zone

25. Samborombón Bay Evolution Codignotto J.O. y Aguirre, M. (1992)

26. EROSION 4. Wave Height

27. Wave Heights Maximum heights, associated periods and true directions for each of the eight analysed wave directions Romero S. (2002)