An integrated approach for evaluating coastal vulnerability in a changing climate
Coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion threaten many coastal communities and ecosystems. With documentedincreases in both storm frequency and intensity and projected acceleration of sea level rise, incorporating theimpacts of climate change and variability into coastal vulnerability assessments is becoming a necessary, yetchallenging task. We are developing an integrated approach to probabilistically incorporate the impacts of climatechange into coastal vulnerability assessments via a multi-scale, multi-hazard methodology. By examining thecombined hazards of episodic flooding/inundation and storm induced coastal change with chronic trends under arange of future climate change scenarios, a quantitative framework can be established to promote more sciencebaseddecision making in the coastal zone. Our focus here is on an initial application of our method in southernOregon, United States. (PDF contains 5 pages)
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Subjects: | Atmospheric Sciences, Management, TCS22, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21567 |
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