Outer Banks (OBX) Group: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, & Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment
Peek K, Tormey B, Thompson H, Young R, Norton S, McNamee J, Scavo R. 2018. Outer Banks (OBX) Group: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, & Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Coastal Hazards & Sea-Level Rise Asset Vulnerability Assessment. NPS 910/154048. 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 commonly combines three metrics (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity), the protocol assesses infrastructure using exposure and sensitivity to coastal hazards and sea-level rise to derive a vulnerability score, with adaptation strategies discussed qualitatively in the context of that score. A total of 266 structures and 202 transportation assets were included in the vulnerability assessment in the Outer Banks Group (OBX) of national parks, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peek, Katie; Tormey, Blair; Thompson, Holli; Young, Robert; Norton, Shawn; McNamee, Julie; Scavo, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2018-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CAHA , FORA , WRBR
- 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