Colonial National Historical Park Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment
Peek K, Tormey B, Thompson H, Young R, Norton S, McNamee J, Scavo R. 2017. Colonial National Historical Park Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment. NPS 333/154061. National Park Service. Washington DC
The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Western Carolina University’s (WCU) Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS), has developed a Coastal Hazards and Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment Protocol. This protocol is meant to assess the vulnerability of infrastructure to multiple coastal hazards and climate change factors (i.e., flooding potential, extreme event flooding, shoreline change, sea-level rise, and reported costal hazards), 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 of this protocol 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 77 structures (buildings and fortifications) and 125 transportation assets (roads, road segments, parking lots, bridges, culverts, tunnels, fueling systems, shorelines, and boardwalks) are included in the vulnerability assessment of Colonial National Historical Park (COLO).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peek, Katie; Tormey, Blair; Thompson, Holli; Young, Robert; Norton, Shawn; McNamee, Julie; Scavo, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2017-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- COLO
- 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