For impact of SLR here are some references I found useful. I dont agree with a bunch, but there is data in these. I know I have more, but i am on the road, and not easy access to my full reference lists.
"Hypsographic demography: The distribution of human population by altitude"
Cohen(1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 95, pp. 14009–14014, November 1998
"A significant percentage of the low-elevation population lived at moderate population densities rather than at the highest densities of central large cities. Assessments of coastal hazards that focus only on large cities may substantially underestimate the number of people who could be affected."
"Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Coastal Zones," Robert J. Nicholls, et al., Science 328, 1517 (2010)
DOI: 10.1126/science.1185782
This is a review article. Points out that subsidence is a huge problem due primarily to groundwater depletion and drainage; that in Tokyo, Shanghai and Bangkok have seen subsidence of 5,3 and 2 meters. Says that in many cases coastal populations can be successfully defended (not my view) and concludes with call for adaptation. Quite optimistic.
"Uncertainties in Measuring Populations Potentially Impacted by Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding"
Mondal et al. (2012) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048191
This is open access. Supplementary material is very useful, has a list of major city population by elevation. The main paper has detailed maps for many areas.
"Sea-level rise and its possible impacts given a 'beyond 4°C world' in the twenty-first century"
Robert J. Nicholls et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2011 369, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0291, (2010)
open access i think.
Tol is a author, and Nicholls thinks adaptation can work more effectively than in my view. Nevertheless, is forced to admit:
" ... with the real risk of the forced displacement of up to 187 million people over the century (up to 2.4% of global population). "
goes on to sugarcoat:
"This is potentially avoidable by widespread upgrade of protection, albeit rather costly with up to 0.02 per cent of global domestic product needed, and much higher in certain nations. The likelihood of protection being successfully implemented varies between regions, and is lowest in small islands, Africa and parts of Asia, and hence these regions are the most likely to see coastal abandonment."
In short, Bangladeshis will drown first, as the richer nations build dikes higher, and higher and higher, before giving up.
uses the DIVA model, which is too close for my liking to the FUND model that Tol misuses, cuts off high end at 2m, ignores dike maintenance, but has useful info.
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