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In the ANCODE project we are focusing on the challenges faced by two coastal cities in China: Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta, which are ranked as first and ninth cities in the world in terms of annual losses due to flooding. By 2050, the annual flood loss of Guangzhou is expected to exceed US$13 billion, remaining the world's most vulnerable coastal city. Chinese coastal engineers are already actively thinking of integrating coastal ecosystems into new dike designs. A 23 km-long pilot eco-dike ring will be implemented in the Nansha area in 2018-2022 and our project aims to interact with this development... The UK team is led by Dr Judith Wolf of NOC in Liverpool. Co-investigators are Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva (also of NOC Liverpool) and Dr Ming Li of the University of Liverpool. Their work will span three years, starting in February 2018. NOC provides the physical science basis and projections for sea level, typhoons and waves in the South China Sea. NOC's role recognises..

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