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