Population of Coastal Cities

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Hoonrweg & Pope (2014), Burket et al. (2000), Natural Earth

Uploaded 12 May 2016 by Tom Skarning

Year: 2016

From collection: World Ocean Assessment Overview

Author: GRID-Arendal/Levi Westerveld

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The population of coastal cities continues to expand.

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Tags: City (25) , Ocean (141) , Population trend (11) , Coastal environment (4)

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