Floodplain Infrastructure and the Toxic Tide

Oceanography and Coastal Informatics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7308-1.ch001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Sanford R. Bender

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Invasive Species ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Habitat Loss ◽

Flood Plain ◽

Storm Events ◽

Global Issues ◽

Environmentally Sensitive ◽

Coastal Sand

The human species is drawn to water. They are attracted by its dynamic flow and the promise of renewal that can lift their spirits up from the mundane. However, there is a growing awareness of how prior and current building practices continue to jeopardize environmentally sensitive wetlands, estuaries, bays, rivers, and coastal sand barriers. Constructing infrastructure in the floodplain causes erosion, pollution, habitat loss, invasive species, and increased vulnerability to hurricanes and other flooding disasters. This chapter will focus primarily on how building infrastructure located in the flood plain can affect the environment under the duress of catastrophic storm events. Reference is made to more far reaching phenomena global issues such as climate change, sea level rise, shifting continental fault lines, and other meteorological and geological changes that appear to be hastening the appearance of major disastrous events.

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Sea Summation : How Waterfront Urbanisation can use Hydrological Strategies While Facilitating For Climate Change

10.26686/wgtn.17148350.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Zarah Sahib

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Public Space ◽

Sea Level ◽

Great Level ◽

Storm Events ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Global Issues ◽

Private And Public

<p>Urban inclination has unfavourably allowed for urban development throughout New Zealand to be found either along once naturally ecologically established and natural defensive coastal shorelines, waterfronts or along reclaimed shores to be developed on top of. Through reclamation, it has shown fundamentals of how we want to live closer to the water’s edge, however in this process the lack of social and ecological space is diminishing and being catalyst residential and high end luxury private space (Dianne Menzez). Urban inclination should propose that urban waterfronts become multifunctional and facilitate towards a great public space. However with a deep attachment for the water’s edge, we orientate living ourselves towards the water which also shows an interesting argument between the city and coast relationship that also comes with increasing climate change conditions. Climate change has been under extensive focus for frequent years, conditions of notably large New Zealand urban sites remain under threat of infringing sea level rise and storm events which are in need for proper systematic infrastructure for this adaption purpose. With significant numbers of infrastructural systems situated in close proximity to waterfront environments, the rising numbers of communities orientated towards this face vulnerability to such global issues. In events of future sea level rise, increasing flooding will definitely impact the prone waterfronts Wellington City is one of New Zealand’s most vulnerable sites to sea level rise due to its proximity to coastal edges. Its low lying surface and unsustainable infrastructure and design promotes flooding through deficient water networks. This thesis identifies the Wellington’s post-industrial site; Centerport with proposals for intended residential development. There is however a great level of susceptibility the site does not meet needs for protection from arising climate conditions, and its current poor social relation to the wider waterfront, which this thesis intends to investigate and resolve. Centerport remains vulnerable to being a crucial domain for connectivity to the harbor edge and coastal hazard impact compared to other waterfronts. Through the means of researching adaptive water technological systems, this thesis hopes it will provide and conceptualise an impact within private and public communities through addressing coastal resilience, waterfront resilience and provide permeable adaptive waterfront design for the arising climate conditions.</p>

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Sea Summation : How Waterfront Urbanisation can use Hydrological Strategies While Facilitating For Climate Change

10.26686/wgtn.17148350 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Zarah Sahib

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Public Space ◽

Sea Level ◽

Great Level ◽

Storm Events ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Global Issues ◽

Private And Public

<p>Urban inclination has unfavourably allowed for urban development throughout New Zealand to be found either along once naturally ecologically established and natural defensive coastal shorelines, waterfronts or along reclaimed shores to be developed on top of. Through reclamation, it has shown fundamentals of how we want to live closer to the water’s edge, however in this process the lack of social and ecological space is diminishing and being catalyst residential and high end luxury private space (Dianne Menzez). Urban inclination should propose that urban waterfronts become multifunctional and facilitate towards a great public space. However with a deep attachment for the water’s edge, we orientate living ourselves towards the water which also shows an interesting argument between the city and coast relationship that also comes with increasing climate change conditions. Climate change has been under extensive focus for frequent years, conditions of notably large New Zealand urban sites remain under threat of infringing sea level rise and storm events which are in need for proper systematic infrastructure for this adaption purpose. With significant numbers of infrastructural systems situated in close proximity to waterfront environments, the rising numbers of communities orientated towards this face vulnerability to such global issues. In events of future sea level rise, increasing flooding will definitely impact the prone waterfronts Wellington City is one of New Zealand’s most vulnerable sites to sea level rise due to its proximity to coastal edges. Its low lying surface and unsustainable infrastructure and design promotes flooding through deficient water networks. This thesis identifies the Wellington’s post-industrial site; Centerport with proposals for intended residential development. There is however a great level of susceptibility the site does not meet needs for protection from arising climate conditions, and its current poor social relation to the wider waterfront, which this thesis intends to investigate and resolve. Centerport remains vulnerable to being a crucial domain for connectivity to the harbor edge and coastal hazard impact compared to other waterfronts. Through the means of researching adaptive water technological systems, this thesis hopes it will provide and conceptualise an impact within private and public communities through addressing coastal resilience, waterfront resilience and provide permeable adaptive waterfront design for the arising climate conditions.</p>

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Impact Assessment Analysis of Sea Level Rise in Denmark: A Case Study of Falster Island, Guldborgsund

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137503 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7503

Author(s):

Alexander Boest-Petersen ◽

Piotr Michalak ◽

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Alternative Methods ◽

Projection Data ◽

Storm Events ◽

Cascading Effects ◽

Local Levels

Anthropogenically-induced climate change is expected to be the contributing cause of sea level rise and severe storm events in the immediate future. While Danish authorities have downscaled the future oscillation of sea level rise across Danish coast lines in order to empower the coastal municipalities, there is a need to project the local cascading effects on different sectors. Using geospatial analysis and climate change projection data, we developed a proposed workflow to analyze the impacts of sea level rise in the coastal municipalities of Guldborgsund, located in Southeastern Denmark as a case study. With current estimates of sea level rise and storm surge events, the island of Falster can expect to have up to 19% of its landmass inundated, with approximately 39% of the population experiencing sea level rise directly. Developing an analytical workflow can allow stakeholders to understand the extent of expected sea level rise and consider alternative methods of prevention at the national and local levels. The proposed approach along with the choice of data and open source tools can empower other communities at risk of sea level rise to plan their adaptation.

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Declining populations of coastal birds in Great Britain: victims of sea-level rise and climate change?

Environmental Reviews ◽

10.1139/a00-011 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 303-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K Norris ◽

P W Atkinson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Great Britain ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Habitat Loss ◽

Current Status ◽

Anthropogenic Factors ◽

Important Species ◽

Bird Populations ◽

Coastal Birds

Is sea-level rise and (or) climate change responsible for current declines in important coastal bird populations in Great Britain, and how might these processes affect bird populations in future? We review the current status of coastal bird populations in Britain and identify two important species, Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) and Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), whose populations are currently declining. We then review the evidence relating to the causes of these declines. There is evidence that habitat loss, driven by sea-level rise and climate change (e.g., an increase in wind and wave energy reaching the coast due to an increase in the frequency of storms), could have contributed to the decline in Twite. Common Redshank numbers are declining because of changes in grazing management, not sea-level rise. Populations that are currently stable or increasing, such as wintering waders and wildfowl, might in future experience declines in abundance because there is a link between climate, food supply, and bird abundance. There are insufficient reliable data at present to allow us to predict future changes with any confidence. Sea-level rise and climate change are currently important issues facing coastal zone management in Great Britain, and these issues may become even more pressing in future. But, in addition to these environmental processes, coastal bird populations are affected by a range of other anthropogenic factors. Conservationists, therefore, need to identify important bird populations that are (or could be in future) detrimentally affected by any of these activities rather than focusing exclusively on single issues such as sea-level rise. Allowing the sea to breach existing sea defences, thereby creating new saltmarsh, provides a way forward but is not without its practical and political difficulties.Key words: coastal birds, sea-level rise, climate change, population decline, habitat loss, saltmarsh.

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Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport

Transport and Telecommunication Journal ◽

10.2478/ttj-2021-0014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 183-195

Author(s):

Evgeniia A. Kostianaia ◽

Andrey G. Kostianoy ◽

Mikhail A. Scheglov ◽

Aleksey I. Karelov ◽

Alexander S. Vasileisky

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

The Black Sea ◽

The Sea Of Japan ◽

Storm Events ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Adaptation Measures ◽

The Impact ◽

And Sea Level

Abstract This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-term effects, and adaptation measures are discussed. In conclusion, the authors give several recommendations on further research in this area, and highlight that special attention should be given to the areas in the Russian Federation which already face or might soon experience damage from storm events or flooding and sea level rise, namely Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic Sea, the area between Tuapse and Adler in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, and on Sakhalin Island from the side of the Sea of Japan.

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"Property Purgatory"

Policy Quarterly ◽

10.26686/pq.v17i1.6730 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ben Dudley Tombs ◽

Janet Stephenson ◽

Ben France-Hudson ◽

Elisabeth Ellis

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Local Government ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Institutional Arrangements ◽

Storm Events ◽

Physical Damage ◽

Value Loss ◽

Practical Challenge ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

Climate change will place increasing numbers of homeowners in ‘property purgatory’, a state of financial insecurity arising from the foreseeability of eventual damage and uncertainty about means to recover their losses. The impacts of climate change-induced sea level rise and storm events are now certain, and exposed properties will likely incur insurance, mortgage and value loss. These effects could occur prior to physical damage, and existing inequities will be magnified. Current legal and institutional arrangements offer no clear pathway for those affected to recover funds in order to relocate themselves. We position property purgatory as an immediate practical challenge for those affected seeking to recover their losses, and as a legal question regarding undefined responsibilities of central and local government.

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Sequestering seawater on land: a water-based solution to global issues

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.8739.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 889

Author(s):

Stéphane Boyer ◽

Marie-Caroline Lefort

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Global Scale ◽

Water Desalination ◽

Global Issues ◽

Excess Water ◽

Desalination Plants ◽

The Cost

The ‘surplus’ of oceanic water generated by climate change offers an unprecedented opportunity to tackle a number of global issues through a very pragmatic process: shifting the excess water from the oceans onto the land. Here we propose that sea-level rise could be mitigated through the desalination of very large amounts of seawater in an international network of massive desalination plants. To efficiently mitigate sea-level rise, desalinized water could be stored on land in the form of crop, wetlands or new forests. Based on a US$ 500 million price to build an individual mega desalination plant with current technology, the cost of controlling current sea-level rise through water desalination approaches US$ 23 trillion in investment and US$ 4 trillion per year in operating costs. However, the economic, environmental and health benefits would also be immense and could contribute to addressing a number of global issues including sea-level rise, food security, biodiversity loss and climate change. Because these issues are intimately intertwined, responses should aim at addressing them all concurrently and at global scale.

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Sequestering seawater on land: a water-based solution to global issues

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.8739.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 889

Author(s):

Stéphane Boyer ◽

Marie-Caroline Lefort

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Global Scale ◽

Water Desalination ◽

Global Issues ◽

Excess Water ◽

Desalination Plants ◽

The Cost

The ‘surplus’ of oceanic water generated by climate change offers an unprecedented opportunity to tackle a number of global issues through a very pragmatic process: shifting the excess water from the oceans onto the land. Here we propose that sea-level rise could be mitigated through the desalination of very large amounts of seawater in massive desalination plants. To efficiently mitigate sea-level rise, desalinized water could be stored on land in the form of crop, wetlands or new forests. Based on a US$ 500 million price to build an individual mega desalination plant with current technology, the cost of controlling current sea-level rise through water desalination approaches US$ 23 trillion. However, the economic, environmental and health benefits would also be immense and could contribute to addressing a number of global issues including sea-level rise, food security, biodiversity loss and climate change. Because these issues are intimately intertwined, responses should aim at addressing them all concurrently and at global scale.

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