Coastal Hazards & Climate Change Asset Vulnerability Assessment Protocol: Project Description & Methodology
Western Carolina University and National Park Service. 2016. Coastal Hazards & Climate Change Asset Vulnerability Assessment Protocol: Project Description & Methodology
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., 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. The park specific reports can be found in the IRMA Collection Profile - Collection ID 7759 [https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/7759] for individual report information, downloads, and citations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Western Carolina University; National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2016
- Units
- ACAD , BICY , BISC , CABR , CAHA , CALO , CANA , COLO , FIIS , FORA , FOSU , GUIS , GWMP , JELA , NAMA , NEBE , OLYM , PAIS , ROWI , SITK , WAPA , 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