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J G Titus et al 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 044008 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/044008

State and local governments plan for development of most land vulnerable to rising sea level along the US Atlantic coast*

J G Titus1, D E Hudgens2, D L Trescott3, M Craghan4, W H Nuckols5, C H Hershner6, J M Kassakian2, C J Linn7, P G Merritt8, T M McCue9, J F O'Connell10,13, J Tanski11 and J Wang12

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