This volume seeks to explore environmental hazards in a coastal context. We know in this respect that populations are moving to the coast on a global scale, and development there is faster than in inland locations. The risk of hazard is growing, and this is occurring in both the developed and developing parts of the world, not least owing to the threat of global sea-level rise (Nicholls et al., 2008). The past decade has seen major disasters in coastal locations, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and no doubt others will follow.
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