Hurricane Related Coastal Flooding in the Province of Ciego de Avila, Cuba: Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Study

2022 ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Felipe Matos Pupo ◽  
Osvaldo E. Pérez López ◽  
Alexey Valero Jorge
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Hazard Vulnerability

scholarly journals Hazards, Vulnerability, and Risk Analysis on Wave Overtopping and Coastal Flooding in Low-Lying Coastal Areas: The Case of Costa da Caparica, Portugal

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
José Carlos Ferreira ◽  
Fábio Santos Cardona ◽  
Catarina Jóia Santos ◽  
José António Tenedório
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Wave Overtopping ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Hazard Vulnerability ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Flooding Events

Coastal areas are densely populated areas, and they have been experiencing increasing pressures as a consequence of population growth, but also because of climate change aggravation. For this reason, hazard, vulnerability, and risk indexes have been becoming more recurrent, especially to study and analyze low-lying coastal areas. This study presents an analysis on wave overtopping and coastal flooding, using an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) multicriteria methodology, in Costa da Caparica (Portugal). The definition of the different criteria, as well as their respective weighting for the overall problem and index calculation, was carried out with the help of experts in the subject. By following this methodology, and by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), hazard, vulnerability, and risk indexes were obtained. The most hazardous areas are located closest to the sea, where the elevation is the lowest, whereas the most vulnerable areas are in neighborhoods with specific socioeconomic characteristics (high urban and economic density). Overall, around 30% of the study area displays moderate to very high risk regarding the occurrence of overtopping and flooding events. The results of this study will be helpful in decision-making processes in matters of coastal zone management and monitoring.

APPLICATION OF A NEW COASTAL HAZARD VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL TO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: AMBUR-HVA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark Alexander ◽  
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Chester W. Jackson ◽  
Scott Howard ◽  
John Jaeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Coastal Hazard ◽  
Hazard Vulnerability

scholarly journals The Level of Public Acceptance to the Development of a Coastal Flooding Early Warning System in Jakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 566
Author(s):  
Nelly Florida Riama ◽  
Riri Fitri Sari ◽  
Henita Rahmayanti ◽  
Widada Sulistya ◽  
Mohamad Husein Nurrahmat
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Early Warning Model ◽  
Warning Model

Coastal flooding is a natural disaster that often occurs in coastal areas. Jakarta is an example of a location that is highly vulnerable to coastal flooding. Coastal flooding can result in economic and human life losses. Thus, there is a need for a coastal flooding early warning system in vulnerable locations to reduce the threat to the community and strengthen its resilience to coastal flooding disasters. This study aimed to measure the level of public acceptance toward the development of a coastal flooding early warning system of people who live in a coastal region in Jakarta. This knowledge is essential to ensure that the early warning system can be implemented successfully. A survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to people in the coastal areas of Jakarta. The questionnaire results were analyzed using cross-tabulation and path analysis based on the variables of knowledge, perceptions, and community attitudes towards the development of a coastal flooding early warning system. The survey result shows that the level of public acceptance is excellent, as proven by the average score of the respondents’ attitude by 4.15 in agreeing with the establishment of an early warning system to manage coastal flooding. Thus, path analysis shows that knowledge and perception have a weak relationship with community attitudes when responding to the coastal flooding early warning model. The results show that only 23% of the community’s responses toward the coastal flooding early warning model can be explained by the community’s knowledge and perceptions. This research is expected to be useful in implementing a coastal flooding early warning system by considering the level of public acceptance.

Coastal multi-hazard vulnerability assessment along the Ganges deltaic coast of Bangladesh–A geospatial approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Ashraful Islam ◽  
Debashis Mitra ◽  
Ashraf Dewan ◽  
Syed Humayun Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Hazard Vulnerability ◽  
The Ganges

Coastal Flooding Today, Tomorrow, and the Next Ten Years in East Coast U.S. Cities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marybeth Arcodia ◽  
Emily Becker ◽  
Ben Kirtman
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Coastal Flooding

Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Compound Fluvial and Coastal Flooding

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahshid Ghanbari ◽  
Mazdak Arabi
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Flooding

scholarly journals Quantifying Uncertainty in Exposure to Coastal Hazards Associated with Both Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies: A U.S. Pacific Northwest Alternative Coastal Futures Analysis

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 545
Author(s):  
Alexis K. Mills ◽  
Peter Ruggiero ◽  
John P. Bolte ◽  
Katherine A. Serafin ◽  
Eva Lipiec
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Quantifying Uncertainty

Coastal communities face heightened risk to coastal flooding and erosion hazards due to sea-level rise, changing storminess patterns, and evolving human development pressures. Incorporating uncertainty associated with both climate change and the range of possible adaptation measures is essential for projecting the evolving exposure to coastal flooding and erosion, as well as associated community vulnerability through time. A spatially explicit agent-based modeling platform, that provides a scenario-based framework for examining interactions between human and natural systems across a landscape, was used in Tillamook County, OR (USA) to explore strategies that may reduce exposure to coastal hazards within the context of climate change. Probabilistic simulations of extreme water levels were used to assess the impacts of variable projections of sea-level rise and storminess both as individual climate drivers and under a range of integrated climate change scenarios through the end of the century. Additionally, policy drivers, modeled both as individual management decisions and as policies integrated within adaptation scenarios, captured variability in possible human response to increased hazards risk. The relative contribution of variability and uncertainty from both climate change and policy decisions was quantified using three stakeholder relevant landscape performance metrics related to flooding, erosion, and recreational beach accessibility. In general, policy decisions introduced greater variability and uncertainty to the impacts of coastal hazards than climate change uncertainty. Quantifying uncertainty across a suite of coproduced performance metrics can help determine the relative impact of management decisions on the adaptive capacity of communities under future climate scenarios.

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