New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park & Roger Williams National Memorial Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment
Tormey B, Peek K, Thompson H, Young R, Norton S, McNamee J, Scavo R. 2019. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park & Roger Williams National Memorial Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment. NPS 962/154049. National Park Service. Washington DC
The National Park Service (NPS) and Western Carolina University’s (WCU) Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS), have developed a Coastal Hazards and Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment Protocol. This protocol assesses the vulnerability of infrastructure to multiple coastal hazards and climate change factors over a 35-year planning horizon (to the year 2050). 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. This protocol is also designed to accommodate regional differences in coastal hazards (e.g., storm surge vs. tsunami), geomorphology, evolving data sets, and scientific understanding of hazards. Unlike natural resource vulnerability, which combines three metrics (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity), the protocol assesses infrastructure using exposure and sensitivity to coastal hazards and sealevel rise to derive a vulnerability score, with adaptation strategies discussed qualitatively in the context of that score. A total of 22 structures and 5 transportation assets were included in the vulnerability assessment of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and Roger Williams National Memorial (NEBE-ROWI).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tormey, Blair; Peek, Katie; Thompson, Holli; Young, Robert; Norton, Shawn; McNamee, Julie; Scavo, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2019-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NEBE , ROWI
- 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