Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers

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par Faith Chan, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham
Olalekan Adekola, Senior Lecturer in Geography, York St John University

Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times in the past decade. In Africa, the continent’s largest city, Lagos in Nigeria, may become unliveable due to severe floods, while a recent flood caused by tropical storm…

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