Abstract

This study will demonstrate the development of appropriate sustainable defensive strategies for the affected coastal areas due to climate change. Goals are to provide a basis for future planning strategies in accordance to the problem of Sea Level Rise (SLR) in the coastal cities. This study aimed at opening discussions concerning new ideas of protection strategies for the coastal cities. Analysis of the information collected for Possibilities of the Continental Shelf of Syrian coasts to create defensive islands able to grow in defense system according to the scenario (the attack for the defence); Recommendations based on the ECO-Land Requirements. The impact of climate change will result in catastrophic human consequences if action is not taken to address these concerns. Strategic urban planning can aide with the expected impacts from the climate changes moving forward. According to NASA reports formation of warm ocean currents will lead to accelerated melting of the Arctic ice resulting in sea level rise. This in turn affects human populations in the coastal cities for many of the world's regions for the past and current century.

Keywords:

Climate change, continental shelf, ECO-land, Sea Level Rise (SLR), sustainable defence,

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