Quantifying climate impacts on sustainable livelihoods in. An assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change. 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. Ranking of coastal vulnerability index variables for the u. By vasilis kotinas, niki evelpidou, anna karkani, miltiadis. Introduction one of the tools that can help identify vulnerable coastal areas is the coastal vulnerability index cvi. Examples of coastal resource analysis in developing countries appeaning addo 20 applied a screening assessment to accra, ghana, based on a coastal vulnerability approach and a major focus on erosion section 5. An assessment of the vulnerability to erosion of the coastal. Each definition and approach has different purposes. View coastal vulnerability assessment research papers on academia. Provide a basis for considering what actions might be taken to reduce species. An assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change in south east queensland, australia marcello sano, griffith centre for coastal management and griffith climate change response programme, griffith university, australia m. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation assessment. Assessing community resilience to coastal hazards in the.
Application of coastal vulnerability index cvi on the. Survey, openfile report 99593, 1 sheet, accessed at. 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. Coastal resilience assessments have been conducted at two scales. Identify which species may be most vulnerable to changing climate and ocean conditions. As the science advances on both coastal vulnerability and adaptation options, this document will need to be revised accordingly. Figure 51 usaid coastal vulnerability assessment framework, which is appropriate. Social vulnerability index page 2 assess social vulnerability in coastal louisiana at the census block group level. Recent papers 58,59 have confirmed that posidonia oceanica forms a. Coastal vulnerability index research papers academia. Methods for assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change. Our primary purpose was to create a social vulnerability index svi that would represent the population exposure to coastal impacts as well as the poverty, education, and conflict. Sustainable livelihoods in coastal caribbean communities. If a park is in a highly vulnerable location, more detailed analysis will be needed.
Development and application of social indicators to coastal. National coastal vulnerability assessment and designing of integrated coastal management and adaptation strategic plan for timorleste coastal vulnerability assessment report. A synthesis report for the national climate assessment climate change in the northeast. The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner that expresses the relative vulnerability of the. A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in.
The index allows the six physical variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. Image indicating nature of the prevailing environment within the proposed swro site. The data presented here offers other researchers and planners the ability to conduct risk and vulnerability analyses, as well as engage in planning exercises that account for sociodemographic characteristics at the highest level of geography. In first half of 2012, the comprehensive coastal vulnerability index cvi atlas has been brought out by the indian national centre for ocean information services incois. Addressing coastal vulnerability at the village level.
Defines sea level rise planning information as studies, programs, modeling, mapping, costbenefit analyses, vulnerability as\. The changepotential index cpi for assessing susceptibility to coastal change associated with waterlevel change was derived from a similar methodology called the coastal vulnerability index cvi, which was designed to highlight the vulnerability of a coast to. Increased water levels threaten infrastructure and public access to estuarine resources. Coastal resilience assessment of the savannah river. This index was developed at a large, coarse scale and is useful as a screening tool. Jun 16, 2012 in 2010, mclaughlin and cooper developed a multiscale coastal vulnerability index to investigate the implications of spatial scale in depicting coastal hazard risk, coastal vulnerabilities for national, local authority and site level. Full report mapping the exposure of socioeconomic and natural systems of west africa to coastal climate stressors october 2014 this report is made possible by the support of the american people through the u. Examples of atrisk resources include birds, shellfish beds, sensitive shorelines such as coral reefs, and public beaches and parks. While storm surge inundation and sea level rise are the primary factors influencing coastal flooding threats, those factors alone may not fully define the risk of coastal communities to both chronic and episodic hazards. Criteria for evaluating methods for coastal vulnerability assessment. Coastal vulnerability assessment of puducherry coast.
The first methodological step for the calculation of the original formulation of cvi deals with the identification. Lessons learned from vulnerability assessments for. Two examples are a vulnerability index for fishing communities jepson and jacob, 2007 and a local fishery stock status index lfssi jacob and jepson, 2009. November 1, 2011 development and application of social indicators to coastal communities of the northeastern and southeastern us. Development of social indicators of fishing community.
The coastal vulnerability index cvi was developed to help assess the vulnerability and resiliency of new jersey coastal communities to natural hazards. 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. Design and use of composite indices in assessments of climate change vulnerability and resilience 1 1. Sea level rise pose many complications such as loss of land to many coastal communities, especially on islands, such as oahu. It combines the sensitivity of the coastal zone to changes, with the ability of the coastal system to adapt to the new conditions. Coastal vulnerability assessment studies over india. Local vulnerability indicators and adaptation to climate. Report on coastal vulnerability and sea level rise december 8, 2014 5 the 2080s not including rapid ice melt scenarios. Jul 23, 2018 flood vulnerability assessment as an essential part of the urban flood management is done by various methods by several researchers.
Pdf coastal vulnerability index cvi, is one of the predictive approaches to coastal. Coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping protocol. The coastal community vulnerability and mapping protocol is presented in a cookbook format that will introduce publically available data and walk the user through the steps to create a coastal vulnerability index cvi for their area of interest. 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.
Local vulnerability indicators and adaptation to climate change. Coastal vulnerability index cvi the coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is similar to that used by gornitz et al. New jerseys coastal community vulnerability assessment. Each gdem file is accompanied by a quality assessment file, either giving the. Vulnerability is the resources at risk from coastal hazards.
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. Indexbased tools are particularly useful to make a. Coastal vulnerability index cvi the numerical prediction olution is a difficult task since of coastal ev there is no precise methodology and the relationship between the variables that determine the. Th e fish stock climate vulnerability assessment is designed to help. Pdf coastal hazard management involves the assessment of vulnerability in natural and human environments. The usgs vulnerability index is based on a combined relative score of. Synthesis of adaptation options for coastal areas 1 1 climate change adaptation is an evolving field. Coastal resilience assessment of the charleston harbor watershed. Coastal cities are at the forefront of the climate crisis the climate crisis has arrived, and coastal cities are the most vulnerable places. Integrating coastal vulnerability and communitybased. First, vulnerability should be based not only on potential losses but also on potential ability of recovery. Coastal changepotential assessment of sleeping bear dunes.
Coastal impacts, adaptation, and vulnerabilities great plains regional technical input report climate change in the midwest. 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. This version 2 series of evi maps supercedes and expands upon the original 1999. Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change hazards. The coastal region provides sustenance to life on land and in the sea. A combination of pvi and svi values are further utilized to compute the coastal. Cge training materials for vulnerability and adaptation. 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. View coastal vulnerability index research papers on academia. Map of the coastal vulnerability index cvi for the u. In 2010, mclaughlin and cooper developed a multiscale coastal vulnerability index to investigate the implications of spatial scale in depicting coastal hazard risk, coastal vulnerabilities for national, local authority and site level. Coastal resilience assessment of the narragansett bay and. Vulnerability can be assessed by overlaying built environment, natural environment, and. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the simplest and commonly used methods to.
The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is similar to that used by gornitz et al. Development of a coastal vulnerability index implication that the needs of the present generation may coastal system may, as acknowledged in the excerpts given indeed be met as a right turner 1993. The authors in this index referred to coastal erosion vulnerability, either than coastal flood vulnerability. Coastal resilience assessment of the savannah river watershed. 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. National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sealevel rise. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is a relatively simple and functional method, developed to estimate the vulnerability to erosion coastline retreat of any coastal zone in relation to a future sealevel rise.
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. Based on the weights and scores derived using ahp, vulnerability maps are prepared to demarcate areas with very low, medium and high vulnerability. Census tractlevel sovi values are regionally normalized to allow for comparisons of the sovi scores within each area. Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east. I am trying to calculate cvi coastal vulnerability index using 7 parameters. Pethick, stephen crooks skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use. Habitat risk assessment along coastal tamil nadu, india. Pdf and file geodatabase are downloaded in this folder and are also available. Some global sea level rise models similar to those conducted by the ipcc predict sea levels can rise by as much as 6 feet by the year 2100. Coastal, subsistence resources, vulnerability, communitybased gis, spatial analysis, sealevel rise.
Implications for our landscapes, waters, and communities. National assessment of coastal vulnerability to future sealevel rise. Coastal areas of orissa state in the northeastern part of the indian peninsula are potentially vulnerable to accelerated erosion hazard. Coastal vulnerability assessment of the northern gulf of. 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.
Far from implying above, be due to anthropogenic causes as well as natural. Santa barbara area coastal ecosystem vulnerability. This article examines the vulnerability of us coastal counties to erosion by combining a socioeconomic vulnerability index with the us geological surveys physically based coastal vulnerability index. Coastal vulnerability assessment research papers academia. The njocm is presenting this document in a cookbook format to help guide the assemblage of the data layers and development of maps and assessment tools. Cataloginginpublication data provided by the interamerican development bank felipe herrera library ludena, carlos e. Dec 31, 2012 the index high value means very high vulnerability is different for different areas. Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east coast of india. Most of the population lives on two large islands, viti levu and vanua levu. Thus, coastal vulnerability assessment methods have been developed to identify and manage the vulnerable areas over the coast. Coastal vulnerability assessment of puducherry coast, india. 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.
Applying a coastal vulnerability index cvi to the westfjords, iceland. Comparison of coastal vulnerability index applications for. Conserving freshwater and coastal resources in a changing climate. The development of a vulnerability index sherry ann ganase, sandra sookram, sonja teelucksingh and patrck wi atson. These very high vulnerability areas have the highest rates of relative sealevel rise and the highest rates of shoreline change or land area loss. Vulnerability index that represents the location of human assets and their exposure to flooding events. Examples of sea level rise and coastal vulnerability in the philippines. It combines the sensitivity of the coastal zone to changes, with the ability of the coastal system. Usgs has used this cvi for assessing coastal vulnerability against future sea level rise.
Data in brief university of north carolina at wilmington. The national oceanic and atmospheric administrations coastal resilience index cri 25 is targeted primarily at coastal storms. The country has an area of 18,000 km spread over 332 islands, of which about 110 are inhabited. Image indicating coastal vulnerability index data for the tongaat area, establishing the subject site as a high risk area. Coastal resilience assessment of the narragansett bay and coastal rhode island watersheds i. Cvi coastal vulnerability index mesic slr sea level rise. National coastal vulnerability assessment and designing of. The center is part of the usgs coastal marine hazards and resources program, which is the primary federal marine geology and physical science research program. Library of coastal vulnerability indicators guidance d ocument 14 interactions. The information provided by coastal vulnerability assessments can be used in longterm coastal management and policy decision making. Mapping the exposure of socioeconomic and natural systems of west africa to coastal climate stressors vi about this series about the studies on climate change vulnerability and adaptation in west africa this document is part of a series of studies produced by the african and latin american resilience to.
Coastal community resilience indicators and rating systems. Conserving freshwater and coastal resources in a changing. In fact, the improvement in assessment methods is related to the necessity for enhanced decisionmaking procedures. Environmental sensitivity index maps provide a concise summary of coastal resources that are at risk if an oil spill occurs nearby. Coastal vulnerability in south atlantic division sad district boundaries state boundaries vulnerability index jacksonville district sc district offices courtesy of usgs 10,000 miles of vulnerable coastline in the south atlantic division. Santa barbara area coastal ecosystem vulnerability assessment. The changepotential index cpi for assessing susceptibility to coastal change associated with waterlevel change was derived from a similar methodology called the coastal vulnerability index cvi, which was designed to highlight the vulnerability of a coast to sealevel rise impacts thieler and hammarklose, 1999. Fiji faces significant development challenges, and the government has set ambitious. Conserving freshwater and coastal resources in a changing climate coastal waters and shorelands coastal marine systems, including coastal waters, bays, and estuaries, and adjacent shorelands including beaches, dunes, and barrier islands, are susceptible to sealevel rise that will increase the depth of coastal. Coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to identify and map the vulnerable coastline of oahu from sealevel rise risks. The centers staff of 100 provides scientific information that contributes to decisions by other federal agencies, state and local entities, private organizations, industry, and the public about hazards, resource use. Identify what additional information is needed to understand, track and address these risks. 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.
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