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"Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is
evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from
powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet, reliable, detailed data on the
scale of that population change has been hard to pin down, until now.
We study human geography as a sociologist at Mississippi State University and a
computer scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using newly available data
from Oak Ridge that combines census results, satellite images and data science
techniques, we were able to track growth patterns of coastal populations around
the world.
The results show a striking pattern: The largest number of people by far –
about 10% of the global population – live within 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) of
the coast, and another 5% of the world’s people live between 5 and 10
kilometers (6.2 miles) from the coast. In the rings beyond 10 kilometers, the
population declines swiftly."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
