TITLE:
The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Basrah City, Iraq
AUTHORS:
Nahlah Abbas, Sultana Nasrin, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Sabah H. Ali
KEYWORDS:
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Arab Gulf, Iraq
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.10 No.12,
December
17,
2020
ABSTRACT: Sea Level Rise (SLR) above the Mean Sea Level (MSL) is more likely to cause a significant risk to the coastal regions. This research explores the potential impact of sea level rise, due to climate change, on coastal areas. It examines the impact of sea level rise on Basrah city and adjacent cities in Iraq. A digital elevation model (DEM) was used to create a model of Potentially Inundated Areas, manipulated and processed in Geographical Information System version 10.7 (ArcGIS 10.7). Through this model, the impact of sea level rise was assessed on the surface area. After the susceptible areas were delineated, it was estimated that at worst case scenario of 5 m sea level rise will impact Basrah city by losing 38 percent of its total surface area.