The most densely populated coastal areas of the planet in 2015
The most densely populated coastal areas of the planet in 2015 By Jacques GUILLAUME L'Atlas Bleu / Living Coastal population density, deadly disaster, vulnerability The article provides a cartographic inventory of major coastal urban agglomerations and their geographical distribution on a global scale. It discusses the challenges posed in terms of exposure to risks in these densely populated areas, where varying societal characteristics add to the demographic density, varying from one place to another. In Asia, although the monsoon