World Ocean Assessment Overview
Our cl seness to the oceans
Our closeness to the oceans
- population of costal cities continues to expand
- population of stal cities continues to expand
London
Seoul
London
Tianjin
New York
Istanbul
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Shanghai Tianjin
New York
Istanbul
Los Angeles
Karachi
Shenzhen
Hanoi
Mumbai
Karachi
Manila
Bangkok
Chennai
Mumbai
Ho Chi Minh City
Bangkok
Chennai
Abidjan
Lagos
Kolkata
Chittagong
Ho Chi
Abidjan
Lagos
Kolkata
Chittagong
Jakarta
Dar es Salaam
Luanda
Lima Our closeness to the oceans
Percentage of population living within 100 km of the coastline
- population of costal cities continues to expand
Jakarta
Dar es Salaam
Luanda
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
over 70%
30 to 70%
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
less than 30%
none
Buenos Aires
coastal city with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Source: Hoonrweg & Pope (2014), Burket et al. (2000), Natural Earth.
Seoul London
50
million people
Tianjin Percentage of population living within 100 km of the coastline New York
Istanbul
Seoul
Tokyo
Tianjin
Istanbul
Shanghai
Tokyo
Source: Hoonrweg & Pope (2014), Burket et al. (2000), Natural Earth. Los Angeles
Shanghai
over 70%
30 to 70%
Karachi
Shenzhen
40
Karachi
Hanoi
Shenzhen
Mumbai
Hanoi
Mumbai
Manila
Chennai less than 30%
none
Bangkok
Manila
Bangkok
Chennai
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Abidjan
30
Lagos
Kolkata
Chittagong
Lagos
Kolkata
Chittagong
coastal city with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Jakarta
Dar es Salaam
Jakarta
Dar es Salaam
Luanda
Luanda
Seoul
Lima
50
million people
20
okyo
Rio de Janeiro
Shanghai
Buenos Aires
Shenzhen
40
Hanoi
10
in 2015
a
ity
estimated by 2050
30
Source: Hoonrweg & Pope (2014), Burket et al. (2000), Natural Earth.
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World Ocean Assessment Overview
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