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Michael Staudt | 2005-04-01

Gdańsk is the largest city of northern Poland and is situated on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Gdańsk is located in a conurbation with the cities Sopot and Gdynia , which together form a metropolitan area called Trójmiasto (Tricity) with a population of over a million people...

Heidi Virkki | 2005-03-31

The three different mean sea level surface height scenarios (high, medium and low case) for the Baltic Sea released by the SEAREG project for Itä-Uusimaa are: high - a sea level rise of 70-75 cm, medium - a rise of 20-25 cm and low – a drop of 22-27 cm due to the dominating land uplift up to year 2100...

Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01

To state a level of vulnerability for an assessed area, a clear definition of the meaning of vulnerability is needed. In a broader sense vulnerability is defined as a set of conditions and processes resulting from physical, social, economical and environmental factors, which determine the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. ..

Michael Staudt | 2005-03-23

During the Gdańsk case study meeting in October 2004 interviews were performed with local experts to evaluate the impact of the sea level rise scenaios for Gdańsk...

Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30

The topography of Helsinki in general makes the city little vulnerable towards flooding. Only few low-lying areas will experience a notable higher flood risk due to sea level rise...

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