Acadia National Park Coastal Hazards & Climate Change Asset Vulnerability Assessment
Peek K, Tormey B, Thompson H, Norton S, McNamee J. 2017. Acadia National Park Coastal Hazards & Climate Change Asset Vulnerability Assessment. NPS 123/154043. National Park Service. Washington DC
The National Park Service (NPS) Sustainable Operations and Climate Change Branch, in partnership with Western Carolina University’s (WCU) Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS), has developed a Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Asset Vulnerability Assessment Protocol. This protocol is meant to assess the vulnerability of infrastructure to multiple coastal hazards and climate change factors (i.e., erosion, flooding, storm surge, sea-level rise, and historical flooding), over a 35-year planning horizon (2050). Unlike natural resource vulnerability, which combines three metrics (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity), the newly developed method for assessing infrastructure includes only exposure and sensitivity to coastal hazards and climate change factors in the vulnerability score; adaptation strategies are instead examined in the context of the vulnerability results. The overall goal is to standardize the methodologies and data used, allowing managers to compare the vulnerability of coastal assets across local, regional, and national levels. A total of 222 structures (buildings and sheds) and 298 transportation assets (roads, parking lots, bridges, culverts, vistas, docks, piers, and primary trails) are included in the vulnerability assessment of Acadia National Park (ACAD).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peek, Katie; Tormey, Blair; Thompson, Holli; Norton, Shawn; McNamee, Julie
- Date of Issue
- 2017-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- adaptive capacity, buildings, coastal hazard, exposure, P13AC01382, resilience, risk, sensitivity, structures, sustainability, transportation, vulnerability, vulnerability assessment, Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University vulnerability assessment