Coastal Flooding in Asian Megadeltas: Recent Advances, Persistent Challenges, and Call for Actions Amidst Local and Global Changes
Abstract Asian megadeltas, specifically the Ganges‐Brahmaputra‐Meghna, Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya, Mekong, and Red River deltas host half of the world's deltaic population and are vital for Asian countries' ecosystems and food production. These deltas are extremely vulnerable to global change. Accelerating relative sea‐level rise, combined with rapid socio‐economic development intensifies these vulnerabilities and calls for a comprehensive understanding of current and future coastal flood dynamics. Here we provide a state‐of‐the‐art on the current knowledge and recent advances in quantifying and understanding the drivers of coastal flood‐related hazards in these deltas. We discuss the environmental and physical drivers, including climate influence, hydrology, oceanography, geomorphology, and geophysical processes and how they interact from short to long‐term changes, including during extreme events. We also jointly examine how human disturbances, with catchment interventions, land use changes and resource exploitations, contribute to coastal flooding in the deltas. Through a systems perspective, we characterize the current state of the deltaic systems and provide essential insights for shaping their sustainable future trajectories regarding the multifaceted challenges of coastal flooding.
Authors
- Katharina Seeger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0766-9818)
- Amelie Paszkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-0858)
- James P. M. Syvitski
- Philip S. J. Minderhoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-5931)
- Christian France‐Lanord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4873-5546)
- Fabrice Papa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-6253)
- Paul Bates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9192-9963)
- Makan A. Karegar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7120-0649)
- Md Sarwar Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-659X)
- Md Jamal Uddin Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-4179)
- Robert J. Nicholls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109)
- Marta Marcos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-5013)
- Nathalie Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7064-7278)
- Rafaël Almar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-658X)
- Mikhaïl Karpytchev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-9372)
- Jeffrey Neal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5793-9594)
- M. Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0263-5558)
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (US)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (FR)
- Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (FR)
- Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (FR)
- Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (ES)
- Tyndall Centre (GB)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- Université de Lorraine (FR)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reviews of Geophysics
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2024rg000846
- Citations
- 30
- Primary Topic
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.47
Funders
- Sight Research UK
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Natural Environment Research Council