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Abstract
Sea-level rise (SLR) is one of a key indicators of global climate change as a natural integrator for various effects. The global SLR in response to climate change has important implications, such as coastal erosion of beaches, inundation of low-lying coastal regions, increasing risk of flooding during storm surges, increasing salinization of coastal aquifers, and loss of the coastal ecosystem (Nicholls and Cazenave, 2010). According to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Mediterranean Sea is potentially one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects of the SLR due to climate change (Church et al., 2013). The Mediterranean Sea is characterized by the low-lying coasts, which are exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of an SLR of one meter (e.g. Nile River Delta, Egypt; Dasgupta et al., 2009, 2011). Local/regional SLR differ significantly from global mean rates (Solomon et al., 2007; Stammer et al., 2013). Therefore, regional assessments are needed for risk management, adaptation planning, and integrated coastal zone management.