The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the simplest and commonly used methods to. Vulnerability to coastal storms in new york city neighborhoods. Methodological aspects of coastal vulnerability assessment. Assessment of the coastal vulnerability index in an area. National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sealevel rise. A case study of the xiamen coast zhengtao zhu 1,2,3, feng cai 2, shenliang chen 1, dongqi gu 3, aiping feng 4, chao cao 2, hongshuai qi 2 and gang lei 2 1 state key laboratory of estuarine and coastal research, east china normal university, shanghai 200241, china. The srtm digital elevation data provided by the consortium for. Sophos security expert chet wisniewski demonstrates how malicious pdfs can infect your computer. The coastal region provides sustenance to life on land and in the sea. Davin holen alaska sea grant, college of fisheries and ocean sciences university of alaska fairbanks july 2019 final report ocs study boem 2019031. Coastal resilience assessment of the savannah river watershed.
The original national coastal vulnerability index cvi assessment was motivated by expected accelerated sealevel rise slr and the uncertainty in the response of the coastline to slr. Coastal vulnerability assessments are a useful means of identifying areas of coastline that are vulnerable to impacts of climate change and coastal processes, highlighting potential problem areas. The vulnerability index was estimated for the three sections by determining their relative risk factors. Exposure metrics and the data required to calculate them 35 9. Sea level rise pose many complications such as loss of land to many coastal communities, especially on islands, such as oahu. Determination of coastal vulnerability requires an understanding of the interaction between exposure conditions sea level rise, storm surge, erosion, biophysical state, and resilience of the coastal system. National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea level rise. The first methodological step for the calculation of the original formulation of cvi deals with the identification of key variables. Integrating coastal vulnerability and communitybased. The livelihood vulnerability index lvi was used to assess the vulnerability of farming households to climate change and variability. The website provides coastal data, and the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. A combination of pvi and svi values are further utilized to compute the coastal. Socioeconomic data in coastal vulnerability indices. Ipcc sres story lines based on emissions scenarios 25 7.
Synthesis of adaptation options for coastal areas 1 1 climate change adaptation is an evolving field. Development of a coastal vulnerability index using. Local stakeholders and experts were critical to the assessment process by. Pdf coastal vulnerability index cvi, is one of the predictive approaches to coastal classification by. Pdf assessing coastal vulnerability index to climate. Vulnerability is the resources at risk from coastal hazards. Coastal community vulnerability index and visualizations of change in cook inlet, alaska principal investigator. Once each section of coastline is assigned a risk value based on each specific data variable, the coastal vulnerability index is calculated as the square root of the geometric mean, or the square root of the product of the ranked variables divided by the total number of variables as. Vulnerability index that represents the location of human assets and their exposure to flooding events combined with fish and wildlife richness index that represents the number of fish and wildlife habitats in a given area. New jersey is truly a coastal state with 127 miles of atlantic coastline and 1,792 miles of tidal shoreline, including delaware bay. Pdf coastal hazard management involves the assessment of vulnerability in.
The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner that expresses the relative vulnerability of the. In this application, a socioeconomic subindex was developed to contribute potentially one third of the overall index score. Produce a model of a coastal vulnerability index for the aoos cirt module. Library of vulnerability indicators to input in the risckit toolkit and to test these tools on 11 case studies. A technical input to the 2012 national climate assessment.
In this way, it is a common tool contributing to the decisionmaking process in longterm coastal planning and management. The digital coast was developed to meet the unique needs of the coastal management community. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation. Local vulnerability indicators and adaptation to climate. This paper presents the development of the coastal community social vulnerability index ccsvi in order to quantify the social vulnerability of hurricaneprone areas under various scenarios of climate change. Resilience refers to the capacity of the coastal system to recover or bounce back from a disturbance event such as a hurricane. The role of socioeconomic and physical factors saudamini dasa abstract vulnerability to extreme events is usually addressed for macro units districts or provinces whereas the relative vulnerability of micro units may be more useful to a policy maker. Coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to identify and map the vulnerable coastline of oahu from sealevel rise risks. Coastal vulnerability assessment of the northern gulf of. New jersey coastal community resilience demonstration. As the science advances on both coastal vulnerability and adaptation options, this document will need to be revised accordingly. It is based on seven physical and biological characteristics of the regiongeomorphology, natural habitats, relief, wave exposure, wind exposure, surge potential, and sea.
Coastal areas of orissa state in the northeastern part of the indian peninsula are potentially vulnerable to accelerated erosion hazard. Unlike most european union countries, mapping of the coastal vulnerability, assessments of geological hazards, and coastal zone management are completely unknown concepts in croatia 1,17. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the simplest and commonly used methods to assess coastal vulnerability to sealevel rise slr driven erosion andor inundation. This study investigated the incorporation of socioeconomic variables into a gis based coastal vulnerability index for waveinduced erosion in northern ireland. These very high vulnerability areas have the highest rates of relative sealevel rise and the highest rates of shoreline change or land area loss. Building the mediterranean future together coastal zone. Jul 17, 2012 adobe pdf vulnerability exploitation caught on camera.
The information provided by coastal vulnerability assessments can be used in longterm coastal management and policy decision making. Application of coastal vulnerability index cvi on the island of. Survey, openfile report 99593, 1 sheet, accessed at. When a set of independ ent elements are combined into a. The coastal risk index applied to assess risk related to climate variability and change at the regional scale in. Social vulnerability index page 2 assess social vulnerability in coastal louisiana at the census block group level. The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. Comparison of coastal vulnerability index applications for. Assessing kwazulunatal coastal vulnerability to sealevel. Summary of international approaches for assessing coastal vulnerability 32 8. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sealevel rise along the northern gulf of mexico from galveston, tx, to panama city, fl. Coastal hazards and vulnerability by gillian cambers coastal zoneisland systems management cdcm professional development programme, 2001 44 the vulnerability of this coastal area is now very high, and besides coastal ecosystems, there are now many human and economic resources at risk. Coastal resilience assessments have been conducted at two scales. Santa barbara area coastal ecosystem vulnerability assessment.
The vulnerability index produced by the coastal vulnerability model is the qualitative estimate of exposure to erosion and flooding. Pdf how to define priorities in coastal vulnerability. Each gdem file is accompanied by a quality assessment file, either giving the number of. Coastal vulnerability to erosion using a multicriteria index. This will be of particular value in areas where coastal defences are no longer maintained. National coastal vulnerability assessment and designing of integrated coastal management and adaptation strategic plan for timorleste coastal vulnerability assessment report. However, one key limitation is its inability to address socioeconomic characteristics beyond physical vulnerability. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is similar to that used by gornitz et al. The significance of coastal regions to the infrastructure and the need to protect such assets are crucial to the economy of countries.
The coastal vulnerability index is a relatively simple and functional method to estimate the vulnerability to erosion of any coastal zone in relation to future sea level rise. In order to address this knowledge gap, an innovative model is developed, i. Project details indigenous services canada, in partnership with coastal first nations in british columbia, is seeking to understand the risks posed to infrastructure and assets in coastal communities from flooding due to climate change, storm events, and earthquakes. Habitat risk assessment along coastal tamil nadu, india. A rating of the vulnerability analysiss key parameters is often based on the analytic hierarchy process 9,16. Coastal resilience assessment of the savannah river. Coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to identify and map the vulnerable. Indices incorporating a diversity of indicators have therefore been used extensively to provide spatial analyses of the degree of vulnerability. Social vulnerability index for coastal communities at risk. The mangroves for the future programme is a partnership led initiative aimed at promoting investments and action in ecosystem conservation for sustainable coastal development. Coastal hazard management involves the assessment of vulnerability in natural and human environments. Displaying 2579 datasets sorted by relevance a z z a newest oldest most recently updated. Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east coast of india.
Social vulnerability index for coastal communities at risk to. Diez, perillo, and piccolo 2007 noted that the lack of socioeconomic. Coastal vulnerability assessment of puducherry coast, india. Census tractlevel sovi values are regionally normalized to allow for comparisons of the sovi scores within each area.
The multiscale vulnerability index by mclaughlin and cooper 58. The csv file needs to have the name of the habitat shapefiles, ranks. Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east. Digital coast data noaa office for coastal management. Vulnerability and adaptation of us shellfisheries to ocean. Data find and download data for your coastal management needs. Methods for assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is the same as that used in thieler and hammarklose 1999 and is similar to that used in gornitz and others 1994, as well as to the sensitivity index employed by shaw and others 1998.
Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east coast. Specically, it computes the marginal change in afterrecovery wealth when an additional stress is given to an individual in group i and in area j with initial wealth w 0, i. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation assessment page 8 of 52 box 51 cont. Report on coastal vulnerability and sea level rise december 8, 2014 1 introduction in 20, stony point was chosen for the new york rising community reconstruction program, that provided significant planning assistance as well as future project funding for recovery from hurricanes sandy and irene and tropical storm lee.
Vulnerability is the identification of resources at risk from coastal hazards. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is used to map the relative vulnerability of the western pelleponese in greece for a coastal length of about 50 km. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the most commonly used and simple methods to assess coastal vulnerability to sea level rise, in particular due to erosion andor inundation gornitz et al. Examples of coastal resource analysis in developing countries a different approach to screening assessment has been applied in mombasa and dar es salam, where global datasets were used to map and analyse each city. The index allows the six physical variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. Vulnerability to coastal storms in new york city neighborhoods was prepared for the trust for public land by the center for climate systems research at columbia university and the world bank with funding support from national oceanic and atmospheric administration. Jan 04, 2012 conceptual and methodological framework two 2 composite index frameworks were constructed. However, this studycan provide a possible foundation for future work, especially if relevant wind and wave data are incorporated. But for the present study, the assessment of coastal vulnerability index based on coastal processes, the following modifications have been done from the cvi assessment done by the usgs 2004. A coastal vulnerability index cvi is a simple and widely used method to assess coastal vulnerability to sealevel rise. How pdfs can infect your computer via adobe reader. Ranking of coastal vulnerability index variables for the u. Introduction to the multiscale coastal risk index for the mediterranean. National coastal vulnerability assessment and designing of.
Coastal vulnerability to climate change and sealevel rise, ne graham island, haida gwaii, bc. This research was conducted between 1999 and 2001, and is currently being. Cwa was commissioned to work with communities located on the north coast and midcoast of british columbia. Map of the coastal vulnerability index cvi for the u. This guidance document, explaining how to use the library, but also introducing the. International assessments of the vulnerability of the. Santa barbara area coastal ecosystem vulnerability. Lessons learned from vulnerability assessments for. Coastal vulnerability to erosion using a multicriteria. The square root of product mean cvi 5 method was adopted for this study. Assessing kwazulunatal coastal vulnerability to sealevel rise.
Construction of the coastal louisiana svi began with the selection of socioeconomic variables identified in the literature and derived primarily from the 2010 census and the 200920 american community. Seventeen of twentyone counties in new jersey border tidallyinfluenced estuarine or oceanic waters. The results indicate that the coastal vulnerability index for the entire coast of accra is 7. It represents the natural geological coastline around the mainland of england and wales only as if no coastal defences or made ground are present. Application of coastal vulnerability index cvi on the. Based on the weights and scores derived using ahp, vulnerability maps are prepared to demarcate areas with very low, medium and high vulnerability.
A multiscale coastal risk index has been developed on the basis of the multiscale vulnerability index mclaughlin and cooper, 2010 by integrating the revised ipcc approach focusing on risk. Climate change, climate variability, coasts, coastal region, coastal inundation. One of the tools that can help identify vulnerable coastal areas is the coastal vulnerability index cvi developed by thielerandhammarklose1999,2000a,b. It combines the sensitivity of the coastal zone to changes, with the ability of the coastal system to adapt to the new conditions. The climate and ocean risk vulnerability index corvi is a tool to identify the financial, political, and ecological risks that climate change poses to coastal cities. Thisisacombined index of six physical parameters related to the coast.
Apr 21, 2011 this paper presents the development of the coastal community social vulnerability index ccsvi in order to quantify the social vulnerability of hurricaneprone areas under various scenarios of climate change. Usgs has used this cvi for assessing coastal vulnerability against future sea level rise. Coastal cities are at the forefront of the climate crisis the climate crisis has arrived, and coastal cities are the most vulnerable places. This index was developed by hahn, riederer, and foster 2009 and is based on the ipccs definition of vulnerability. Map of coastal sensitivity to sealevel rise for canada from shaw et al. The deliverable coastal vulnerability indicator library o is composed of.
In 2011, the oceanographic research institute ori in partnership. Application of livelihood vulnerability index in assessing. Assessing coastal vulnerability index to climate change. Coastal vulnerability index research papers academia. Coastal resilience assessment of the narragansett bay and. Several factors within the coastal environment combine to drive coastal erosion. Lessons learned from vulnerability assessments for ecosystem. Coastal vulnerability to climate change and sealevel rise.
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