Assessment of the Sensitivity of Salamina (Saronic Gulf) and Elafonissos (Lakonic Gulf) islands to Sea-level Rise

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ABSTRACT Karymbalis, E., Chalkias, C., Ferentinou, M., Chalkias, G., Magklara, M. 2014. Assessment of the Sensitivity of Salamina (Saronic Gulf) and Elafonissos (Lakonic Gulf) islands to Sea-level Rise. In: Green, A.N. and Cooper, J.A.G. (eds.), Proceedings 13th International Coastal Symposium (Durban, South Africa), Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 70, pp. 378–384, ISSN 0749-0208. This paper deals with the classification of the coasts of two Greek islands (Salamina and Elafonissos), according to the sensitivity to long-term sea-level rise by applying the Coastal Sensitivity Index (CSI). Salamina lies in the Saronic Gulf about 2 km off-coast from Piraeus (the port of Athens). The island has an area of 93.5 km2 while the total length of the coastline is 131.3 km. Elafonissos has an area of 19 km2 (coastline length: 30.4 km) and lies west of cape Maleas in the Lakonic Gulf (South-east Peloponnese). CSI calculation involves the physical variables of geomorphology, coastal slope, relative sea-le...