Coastal Risks in France: An Integrated Method for Evaluating Vulnerability

Meur-Férec, Catherine; Deboudt, Philippe; Morel, Valérie

doi:10.2112/05-0609.1

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“…Several researchers distinguish biophysical or natural vulnerability from social or socioeconomic vulnerability, (e.g., biophysical vs. social), even though there is little agreement on the meaning of these terms (Cutter, 1996, Adger, 1999, Klein & Nicholls, 1999, McLaughlin et al, 2002, Brooks, 2003, Cutter et al, 2003, Meur-Férec et al, 2008, McLaughlin & Cooper, 2010, Soares et al, 2012, Sudha Rani et al, 2015. Other classifications have been proposed; for example, Moss et al (2001) suggest including physical-environmental, socioeconomic, and external assistance dimensions; the United Nations (2004) suggest including physical, economic, social, and environmental factors ;and Fekete et al (2009) suggest including ecological, social, economic, political and technological aspects.…”

Section: Biophysical and Socio-economic Aspects Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

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“…Achieved by adding CVI and CSoVI scores and classifying PVI scores into low, medium and high classes. Vulnerability has been examined by considering exposure to risk, management of risk, remembrance of risk, and perception of risk, by Meur-Férec et al (2008), evaluating hazard, stakes, events, management and perceptions by grids Table 3 Physical and social vulnerability ranges used for coastal vulnerability indices. < 500 500 -1 000 > 1 000 Dang et al (2011) 66 -168 196 -333 339-2 190 Mackey andRussell (2011) measures the present position of the "health" of the environment.…”

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Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices

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2016). Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: a review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices. Ocean and Coastal Management, Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: a review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices AbstractIncreasing human pressures on coastlines and associated threats posed by sea-level rise have stimulated development of a range of different concepts and methodological approaches to assess coastal vulnerability. The first section of this paper summarizes the concepts associated with vulnerability, natural hazards and climate change. The most widely adopted analytical approaches to vulnerability assessment are described, including spatial scales, the need for hybrid approaches comprising both biophysical and social dimensions of vulnerability, and the gradual incorporation of resilience aspects into such methodologies. In particular, the development and application of vulnerability indices is examined, based on a review of more than 50 studies that applied such indices across a range of hazards. The analytical procedures, proposed typologies, and most commonly selected variables are discussed. This overview demonstrates the breadth of vulnerability studies. This leads inevitably to lack of standardization of concepts and assumptions, which results in limited comparability between outputs for coasts from different areas. However, the widespread demand for vulnerability assessment as a component of decision-making in integrated management of the coast justifies pursuing indicator-based vulnerability assessments. In some cases these will explicitly adopt a consistent methodology that enables comparison between sites, whereas alternatively, metrics may be developed that are designed around particular system components and the site-specific functions for which they are valued. AbstractIncreasing human pressures on coastlines and associated threats posed by sea-level rise have stimulated development of a range of different concepts and methodological approaches to assess coastal vulnerability. The first section of this paper summarizes the concepts associated with vulnerability, natural hazards and climate change. The most widely adopted analytical approaches to vulnerability assessment are described, including spatial scales, the need for hybrid approaches comprising both biophysical and social dimensions of vulnerability, and the gradual incorporation of resilience aspects into such methodologies. In particular, the development and application of vulnerability indices is examined, based on a review of more than 50 studies that applied such indices across a range of hazards. The analytical procedures, proposed typologies, and most commonly selected variables are discussed. This overview demonstrates the breadth of vulnerability studies. This leads inevitably to lack of standardization of concepts and assumptions, which results in limited comparability between outputs for coasts from different areas. H...

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Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices

Nguyen

Bonetti

Rogers

et al. 2016

Ocean & Coastal Management

226

104

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“…Moreover, the erosion phenomena intimately related to flooding events may worsen the threat. Coastal managers and policy makers need to make effective and timely decisions on the use of resources in the immediate and longer term (e.g., [1][2][3][4][5]). Thus, for a proper assessment and management of the coastal risk, the interactions of the main physical variables (i.e., coastal geomorphology, coastal slope, shoreline evolution, mean spring tide range, wave climate) must be analyzed at different spatial and time scales.…”

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“…Coastal risk is the result of the interaction of one (or more) hazards and one (or more) stakes (i.e., human, economic or environmental value of the elements exposed to the hazard); while, coastal vulnerability is considered as "the capacity of a system to sustain hazardous events based on its fragility, taking into account both the hazard and the structural factors (the socioeconomic, cultural, political, and institutional context)" [1]. Thus, coastal risk is related to a future situation that has a more-or-less high probability of occurrence, then it is clearly different from dangerous events' management.…”

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Comparative Analysis of Coastal Flooding Vulnerability and Hazard Assessment at National Scale

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Bruschi

Lisi

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Abstract:The evaluation of the coastal hazard and vulnerability caused by storm conditions is an important issue related to coastal flooding and erosion. Although these topics have been widely tackled by past research, they cannot be avoided, but need to be carefully managed by local authorities in order to limit damage to coastal infrastructure, to protect human life, habitats and sensitive species. Usually, this issue is tackled through common approaches at the regional scale. This paper illustrates the first steps of a research project aimed at assessing coastal hazard and vulnerability to wave-induced flooding at the national scale. In order to apply the method to the national scale, it is necessary to select a suitable dataset. This has to be consistent with the whole application area, concerning its spatial distribution, reliability and availability. Thus, one of the aims of this project is to perform a comparative analysis using data available at the national and local scale. The analysis was performed for the area of Montalto di Castro (Tyrrhenian Sea) by using datasets with different spatial resolutions. The results revealed that the use of low resolution data does not significantly affect the estimated nearshore wave features, while the wave runup in underestimated by about 25%. This underestimation influences also the vulnerability and hazard assessments. In particular, the vulnerability is conservatively assessed if low resolution data are used. On the other hand, the hazard is conservatively assessed when low resolution data are used only if the wave runup is amplified by considering the 25% underestimation. The results presented herein can be extended to other sites with the same general features (i.e., microtidal and dissipative coastal stretches).

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“…PNEC- Meur-Férec et al 2008. "The vulnerability of coastal territories: evaluation, stakes and public policies."…”

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Coastal Risks in France: An Integrated Method for Evaluating Vulnerability

Cited by 60 publications

References 14 publications

Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices

Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices

Comparative Analysis of Coastal Flooding Vulnerability and Hazard Assessment at National Scale

The littoral: facing constraints, initiating dialogue, taking action

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